ote: an additional 30,000 km of non-common carrier lines serve
industries (2003)
narrow gauge: 957 km 1.067-m gauge (on Sakhalin Island)
Highways:
total: 532,393 km
paved: 358,833 km
unpaved: 173,560 km (2000)
Waterways:
96,000 km
note: 72,000 km system in European Russia links Baltic Sea, White
Sea, Caspian Sea, Sea of Azov, and Black Sea (2004)
Pipelines:
condensate 122 km; gas 150,007 km; oil 75,539 km; refined products
13,771 km (2004)
Ports and harbors:
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinskiy, Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', De-Kastri,
Indigirskiy, Kaliningrad, Kandalaksha, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Kholmsk,
Krasnoyarsk, Lazarev, Mago, Mezen', Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka,
Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Onega, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Rostov,
Shakhtersk, Saint Petersburg, Sochi, Taganrog, Tuapse, Uglegorsk,
Vanino, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg
Merchant marine:
total: 958 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 4,521,472 GRT/5,505,118 DWT
by type: barge carrier 1, bulk 20, cargo 562, chemical tanker 13,
combination bulk 21, combination ore/oil 36, container 28,
multi-functional large load carrier 2, passenger 35, passenger/cargo
4, petroleum tanker 179, rail car carrier 1, refrigerated cargo 27,
roll on/roll off 21, short-sea/passenger 6, specialized tanker 2
foreign-owned: Belize 2, Cambodia 2, Cyprus 9, Denmark 1, Estonia 3,
Germany 1, Greece 3, Hong Kong 1, South Korea 1, Latvia 2, Lithuania
3, Malta 2, Moldova 3, Netherlands 2, Panama 2, Switzerland 4,
Turkey 18, Turkmenistan 2, Ukraine 7, United Kingdom 3, United
States 4
registered in other countries: 350 (2004 est.)
Airports:
2,609 (2003 est.)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 585
over 3,047 m: 56
2,438 to 3,047 m: 201
914 to 1,523 m: 100
under 914 m: 106 (2003 est.)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 122
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 2,024
under 914 m: 1,590 (2003 est.)
over 3,047 m: 19
2,438 to 3,047 m: 34
914 to 1,523 m: 261
1,524 to 2,437 m: 120
Heliports:
36 (2003 est.)
Military Russia
Military branches:
Ground Forces, Navy, Air Forces; Airborne troops, Strategic Rocket
Forces, and Military Space Forces are classified as independent
combat arms, not subordinate to any of the three branches
:
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18-27 years of age; males are registered for the draft at 17 years
of age; 200,000 conscripts were inducted
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