Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · TURNING POINT ·
Baikal–Amur Mainline (1974–84)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “The BAM”
1974–1984 — The Baikal–Amur Mainline, a second Siberian railway more than 4,000 km long, is proclaimed “the project of the century”. Its golden link was laid in 1984, but the line carried a fraction of its planned traffic for years.
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- Brezhnev and the Era of Stagnation (chapter 7 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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