Very difficult to find good maps. This one doesn’t show South Ossetia or Abkazia, although their capitals are noted. The orange within Krasnodar Krai is the Republic of Adygea, and none of the North Caucasus states are named. This map does; After all the fun at the World Youth Festival, President Putin returned to his duties by chairing a
Amazing to learn about all these infrastructure projects occurring everywhere in Russia. It's like the US experience after the war with interstate highway development. But Russia's scale is way beyond what our country experienced.
From reading about Putin's trips around the country and discussions with local officials I get a real sense of the social dynamism that is happening. As you say, both a top down and bottom up conversation that is linking all parties in common purpose. The dynamism must be awesome on the ground, everybody puling together, developing new competencies, the ridding of sloth from the society, rooting out inefficiencies and the like. The place must be buzzing.
Sadly, so few Americans are aware of the positive experience Russia is going through due to our legacy media burying the story. So many friends and acquaintances who are stuck in old mindsets about what Russia must be like. They simply don't avail themselves of information that you and others are providing, Karl. And perhaps they are comforted by having an adversary that they can put down as unaccomplished.
For me, I get a thrill seeing what Russia is up to. I don't care that it isn't my culture that is experiencing an upwelling. More kudos to them for putting all the pieces together in their cultural flowering. The fact that somebody, somewhere is finding such positive development gives me a hope for humanity, because we and the US and experiencing the antithesis of that.
The scope of development that your posts have been detailing is astounding. I can’t help but notice that a lot of the discussion centers around Crimea and that region. That should give everyone a look not what Russia’s plans are for the current conflict.
For long distance bulk cargo transport waterways and railways. For long distance human transport highspeed rail although very expensive because of the physical barriers required to protect the trans against wildlife. Right of way in Russia might be a lot easier. Per unit distance rail will always be cheaper, short of much slower water transport.
Given that Russia is an expanding economy in charge of its own destiny I would choose those options with roads first as a method for getting to transportation hubs. Eisenhower, in the thirties, conceived of the Interstate Highway system in part for troop transport and military logistics. Russia has so much more land that transportation will take many, incremental investments in the public infrastructure. I am not fond of the toll roads as a mechanism in the US for expanding roadways, bridges and tunnels. They constitute regressive taxation. Not an item for DNC interest. I still remember Senator Moynihan proudly declaring that the NY Thruway System would be free by 1994. I did not believe him then, either.
Amazing to learn about all these infrastructure projects occurring everywhere in Russia. It's like the US experience after the war with interstate highway development. But Russia's scale is way beyond what our country experienced.
From reading about Putin's trips around the country and discussions with local officials I get a real sense of the social dynamism that is happening. As you say, both a top down and bottom up conversation that is linking all parties in common purpose. The dynamism must be awesome on the ground, everybody puling together, developing new competencies, the ridding of sloth from the society, rooting out inefficiencies and the like. The place must be buzzing.
Sadly, so few Americans are aware of the positive experience Russia is going through due to our legacy media burying the story. So many friends and acquaintances who are stuck in old mindsets about what Russia must be like. They simply don't avail themselves of information that you and others are providing, Karl. And perhaps they are comforted by having an adversary that they can put down as unaccomplished.
For me, I get a thrill seeing what Russia is up to. I don't care that it isn't my culture that is experiencing an upwelling. More kudos to them for putting all the pieces together in their cultural flowering. The fact that somebody, somewhere is finding such positive development gives me a hope for humanity, because we and the US and experiencing the antithesis of that.
The scope of development that your posts have been detailing is astounding. I can’t help but notice that a lot of the discussion centers around Crimea and that region. That should give everyone a look not what Russia’s plans are for the current conflict.
For long distance bulk cargo transport waterways and railways. For long distance human transport highspeed rail although very expensive because of the physical barriers required to protect the trans against wildlife. Right of way in Russia might be a lot easier. Per unit distance rail will always be cheaper, short of much slower water transport.
Given that Russia is an expanding economy in charge of its own destiny I would choose those options with roads first as a method for getting to transportation hubs. Eisenhower, in the thirties, conceived of the Interstate Highway system in part for troop transport and military logistics. Russia has so much more land that transportation will take many, incremental investments in the public infrastructure. I am not fond of the toll roads as a mechanism in the US for expanding roadways, bridges and tunnels. They constitute regressive taxation. Not an item for DNC interest. I still remember Senator Moynihan proudly declaring that the NY Thruway System would be free by 1994. I did not believe him then, either.