Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ

LC control no.	no 90003504
Corporate name heading	Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kazakhstan. Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ Turksib Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga Turkestano-Siberian Railroad Kazakhstan. Turkestan-Siberian Railroad Turkestan-Siberia Railway Qazaqstan temīr zholy. Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ magistralʹ Qazaqstan temīr zholy. Turkestano-Siberian Railroad
Found in	Mat︠s︡kevich, O. Rozy chernykh gor, 1985: p. 4 (...Turkestano-Sibirskoĭ magistrali) Bolsh. sov. ėnt︠s︡., 4th ed., 1977: v. 26, p. 339 (Turkestano-Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga; Turksib; part of the Kazakhskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga) Stalin's railway, c2001: ECIP t.p. (Turksib) galley (Built from December 1926 to January 1931 at a cost of 161,343,462 rubles and a peak work force of nearly 50,000, the Turkestano-Siberian Railroad, or Turksib, was one of the great construction projects (stroiki) of the Soviet Union's First Five-Year Plan) http://turksib.com/history-e.html: (In 1958, the Turkestan-Siberia Railway was merged with the Karaganda Railway [no publs. in LC data base]. The new entity was dubbed the Kazakh Railway. In 1960, a new branch was opened from Aktogai station to the Soviet-Chinese border, to station Druzhba ("Friendship"). However, the time of friendship with China was soon over, and the branch line become a strategic corridor to quickly move troops to the Chinese border in case of a military conflict. The imminent war was avoided, and in 1985 the railway was extended West to Sayak and further East to Urumuqi in China. Now, it is considered the modern reincarnation of the ancient "Silk Road". In 1971, the Alma-Ata Railway [no publs. in LC data base] was extracted from the Kazakh Railway. It was the direct descendant of the legendary Turksib, and existed till 1996, when all Kazakstani railways were merged into one state-owned unitary enterprise "Kazakstan Temir Zholy")