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Russia

 
     
    • Railroads: 
     
        total: 
        154,000 km; note - 87,000 km in common carrier service (49,000 km diesel; and 38,000 km electrified); 67,000 km serve specific industries and are not available for common carrier use 
     
        broad gauge: 
        154,000 km 1.520-m gauge (1 January 1994) 
     
    • Highways: 
     
        total: 
        934,000 km (445,000 km serve specific industries or farms and are not available for common carrier use) 
     
        paved and graveled: 
        725,000 km 
     
        unpaved: 
        209,000 km (1 January 1994) 
     
    • Inland waterways: 
      total navigable routes in general use 101,000 km; routes with navigation guides serving the Russian River Fleet 95,900 km; of which routes with night navigational aids 60,400 km; man-made navigable routes 16,900 km (1 January 1994) 
     
    • Pipelines: 
      crude oil 48,000 km; petroleum products 15,000 km; natural gas 140,000 km (30 June 1993) 
     
    • Ports: 
      Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Kaliningrad, Kazan', Khabarovsk, Kholmsk, Krasnoyarsk, Moscow, Murmansk, Nakhodka, Nevel'sk, Novorossiysk, Petropavlovsk, St. Petersburg, Rostov, Sochi, Tuapse, Vladivostok, Volgograd, Vostochnyy, Vyborg 
     
    • Merchant marine: 
     
        total: 
        800 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 7,295,109 GRT/10,128,579 DWT 
     
        ships by type: 
        barge carrier 2, bulk cargo 26, cargo 424, chemical tanker 7, combination bulk 22, combination ore/oil 16, container 81, multifunction large-load carrier 3, oil tanker 111, passenger 4, passenger-cargo 5, refrigerated cargo 19, roll-on/roll-off cargo 62, short-sea passenger 16, specialized tanker 2 
     
        note: 
        in addition, Russia owns 235 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 5,084,439 DWT that operate under Maltese, Cypriot, Liberian, Panamanian, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Honduran, Marshall Islands, Bahamian, and Vanuatu registry 
     
    • Airports: 
     
        total: 
        2,517 
     
        with paved runways over 3,047 m: 
        54 
     
        with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
        202 
     
        with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 
        108 
     
        with paved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        115 
     
        with paved runways under 914 m: 
        151 
     
        with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 
        25 
     
        with unpaved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 
        45 
     
        with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 
        134 
     
        with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 
        291 
     
        with unpaved runways under 914 m: 
        1,392