The activities of railway transport engineers in the construction and operation of the Great Siberian Way
Nadezhda S. Sidorenko, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor
South Ural State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University, Chelyabinsk, Russia, sidorenkons@scpu.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1051-7815 Zlata A. Shmidt,Teacher, Postgraduate Student
South Ural State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University, Chelyabinsk Institute of Railways — branch of Ural State University of Railways, Chelyabinsk, Russia, zlatAn1609@yandex.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3861-1849
Abstract
The article studies the main directions of the substantive activity of engineers of the railway transport of the Southern Urals in the construction of the West Siberian section of the Trans-Siberian Railway. The principles of activity of leading engineers, professional dynamics are revealed. The article considers the unexplored issue of the development of a technology focused on the search for harmonization of technical solutions with natural and social conditions. The contribution of engineers to the development of technical conditions for the construction of railways and the integration of new equipment into the regional society is revealed.
Keywords
Railway transport engineers, Southern Urals, The Great Siberian Railway, consent technologies.
Acknowledgments: The authors are grateful for the financial support of the study by Mordovia State Pedagogical University n. a. M. E. Evsevyev.
For citation:
Sidorenko N. S., Shmidt Z. A. The activities of railway transport engineers in the construction and operation of the Great Siberian Way. Vestnik of Orenburg State Pedagogical University. Electronic Scientific Journal, 2023, no. 1 (45), pp. 165—183. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32516/2303-9922.2023.45.11.
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