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This List of Russian steam locomotive classes includes those built both before and during the Soviet era. They are to the gauge of 5 ft ( 1,524 mm) unless otherwise stated. Some locomotives originally used in Poland during the period of the Russian Empire were built to 4 ft 81⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge and later converted to 5 ft gauge.
Banya (sauna) For the steam baths in other countries, see sauna. Interior of a modern Russian banya. The banya [1] (Russian: баня, IPA: [ˈbanʲə] ⓘ) is a traditional Russian steam bath that utilizes a wood stove. It is a significant part of Russian culture, [2] and is typically conducted in a small room or building designed for dry or ...
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Russian locomotive class O. The Russian steam locomotive class O (from Russian: Основной) was an early type of Russian steam locomotives. 9,129 locomotives were built between 1890 and 1928; hence it was the second most numerous class of locomotive in Russia, after E class, [1] which was a unique number even on the international level.
When Russia entered the war in 1914, it was dependent mainly on 0-8-0 and 2-8-0 locomotives. What was needed were locomotives with high adhesive weight (and thus tractive effort), which could only be provided by a locomotive with 10 drive wheels, but the only model being built, the class E (Russian: Паровоз Э) 0-10-0, was in short supply, with only 100 produced to that point.
The class LV locomotive was designed as a successor to the class L 2-10-0, which had been a successful design developed during World War II. However, by the late 1940s some drawbacks to the design, including poor operating qualities when operating in reverse, had become apparent. In 1949 the General Directorate of the Ministry of Railways ...
The Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company ( Russian: Русское общество пароходства и торговли or ROPiT Russian: РОПиТ, also referred as Russian S.N.Co.) of Odessa was one of the biggest joint stock steamship companies in Imperial Russia. It was established in 1856 and ceased to exist in 1918 due to ...