MAJOR TRENDS AND OPERATION OF RAILWAY TRANSPORT UKRAINIAN SSR IN 1950’S
Journal: Cherkasy University Bulletin: Historical Sciences
Year: 2017

The article describes the process of railway construction and modernization of railway complex of the Ukrainian SSR, shows the quantity of its material and technical basis. The attention is focused on the introduction of new advanced types of traction and rolling stock. The author deals not only with it’s successes but also failures and shortcomings. It especially pointed out the negative impact of bureaucratic barriers caused by the Soviet administrative-command system. In the after war period