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The Kharyaga-Indiga pipeline is in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The Naryan-Mar-Telviska-Velikovisochnoye pipeline in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug is being constructed. These pipelines are expected to provide additional access to future oil finds as the Arctic ice continues to retreat. | The Kharyaga-Indiga pipeline is in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The Naryan-Mar-Telviska-Velikovisochnoye pipeline in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug is being constructed. These pipelines are expected to provide additional access to future oil finds as the Arctic ice continues to retreat. | ||
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INFRASTRUCTURE OVERVIEW
The capital of Donovia is Moscow, which is located in western Donovia (sometimes referred to as “European Donovia”). The Federal entities in western Donovia tend to be more densely populated and with more developed infrastructure than the rest of Donovia. Each of these have varying levels of villages, towns, and cities with associated infrastructure. Current Donovian practice is to award city status to settlements of at least 12,000 inhabitants with at least 85% of the working age population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits. The Arctic regions are hampered by accessibility issues, compounded by the severe climate. The Federal entities of western Donovia are Oblasts, Krais, Republics, Autonomous Okrugs, and Federal Cities.
Oblasts in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Population | Main cities | Transportation assets |
Arkhangelsk | 1,130,240 | Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk | Railways (narrow gauge), rivers, highways, airports, space port |
Belgorod | 1,532,526 | Belgorod | Railways, highways (M2), airport |
Bryansk | 1,278,217 | Bryansk | Electric railways, highways (M3, M13), airport |
Chelyabinsk | 3,476,217 | Chelyabinsk, Magnitogorsk | Roads, airport |
Ivanovo | 1,061,651 | Ivanovo | Volga river, highways, and railways |
Kaliningrad | 941,873 | Kaliningrad | Seaport, railway and roads |
Kaluga | 1,010,930 | Kaluga, Obninsk, and Sukhinichi | Highways (M3), railways, airfields, river, city trolleybus system |
Kirov | 1,341,312 | Kirov | Narrow gauge railways for transporting peat and felled logs; Trans-Siberian Railway hub; roads; airport |
Kostroma | 667,562 | Kostroma | Two rivers, roads, railroad, and airport |
Kursk | 1,127,081 | Kursk | Railways, roads, airport |
Leningrad | 1,669,205 | Leningrad | Four rivers; major railway hub; canals and water systems; highways; seaports and airfields |
Moscow | 7,095,120 | Balashikha, Khimki, and Podolsk | Dense transport network, including roads, railways, airports, and waterways along the largest rivers, lakes and reservoirs |
Murmansk | 892,534 | Murmansk | Strategic railway, local one-way railways, seaport, sea routes to smaller towns, airports, roads |
Nizhny Novgorod | 3,310,597 | Nizhny Novgorod and Arzamas | Narrow gauge railways for transporting peat and factory products; 3 rivers |
Novgorod | 694,355 | Veliky Novgorod | Waterways, railway, narrow gauge railways, roads, airport |
Orel (Oryol) | 786,935 | Oryol | Railways, roads, airport |
Orenburg | 2,033,072 | Orenburg | Roads |
Penza | 1,386,186 | Penza | Rivers, roads |
Pskov | 760,810 | Pskov | Railway, , dense road network, airports, river |
Ryazan | 1,154,114 | Ryazan | Narrow gauge railways, roads |
Samara | 3,215,532 | Samara, Tolyatti and Syzran | Highways, railways, river transport, airport |
Saratov | 2,521,892 | Saratov | River, railway, roads, airport |
Smolensk | 985,537 | Smolensk | Dnieper river, M1 highway, and railway |
Tambov | 1,091,994 | Tambov | Railway, roads, airport |
Tula | 1,553,925 | Tula and Novomoskovsk | Three rivers; railways (diesel and electric) including an express train from Tula to Moscow; buses; highly developed road system |
Tver | 1,353,392 | Ozyorny, Solnechny | Railways, rivers, highways (M9 and M10), airports, and pipeline transportation systems |
Ulyanovsk | 1,292,799 | Ulyanovsk | River, roads, airport |
Vladimir | 1,443,693 | Vladimir | Roads, narrow gauge railway, airport |
Voronezh | 2,335,380 | Voronezh | Rivers, roads, airport |
Vologda | 1,202,444 | Vologda and Cherepovets | Vologda river, Northern Dvina Canal, highways (M8 and A114), improved and unimproved roads, railway, airport, oil transport system |
Yaroslavl | 1,272,468 | Yaroslavl | Major highways, railroads, and waterways |
Table INFR-1. Oblasts in Western Donovia
Krais in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Population | Main cities | Transportation assets |
Perm | 2,635,276 | Perm | Trans-Siberian Railway hub (2 stations), River ports, airport |
Table INFR-2. Krais in Western Donovia
Republics in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Population | Main cities | Transportation assets |
Bashkortostan | 4,072,292 | Ufa and Sterlitamak | 13,000 rivers providing deepwater transportation throughout western Donovia; roadways; cargo railways |
Chuvash (also known as Chuvashia) | 1,251,619 | Cheboksary | Transport network is one of the most developed in Donovia. Roads (4 major highways), railroads, waterways (closed in winter), and airport |
Karelia | 716,281 | Petrozavodsk | Murmansk Railway, water transport infrastructure (rivers, lakes, canals), highway (M18) |
Komi | 1,018,674 | Syktyvkar, Inta, Pechora | Railway, two rivers, airports, automobile roads (R176), natural gas transport system |
Mari El | 696,459 | Yoshkar-Ola | Dense rail and road network, buses, airport, river ports |
Mordovia | 834,755 | Saransk | Bus, railway, airport, 14 rivers |
Tatarstan | 3,786,488 | Kazan | Highly developed transport network of highways, railways, four rivers, oil pipelines and airports |
Udmurtia | 1,521,420 | Izhevsk | Well-developed transport system, including air, land and water |
Table INFR-3. Republics in Western Donovia
Autonomous Okrugs in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Population | Main cities | Transportation assets |
Nenets | 41,546 | Naryan-Mar | Limited road system. Pechora River is navigable in summer only. Railway and oil transport system are being planned. |
Table INFR-4. Autonomous Okrugs in Western Donovia
Federal Cities in Western Donovia | ||
Name | Population | Transportation assets |
Moscow | 19.5 million | Airport, river, railways, metro (subway), bus, monorail, cable car, tram, taxis, roads |
St. Petersburg | 5,323,300 | Rail, seaports, roads and freeways (links GBCC countries to Donovia and eastern Europe), railway, metro, river, airport |
Table INFR-5. Federal Cities in Western Donovia
CONSTRUCTION PATTERNS
During the Warsaw Pact era, Donovia used centralized planning to plan and build cities in inhospitable areas with no consideration of economic advantages. Under the current leadership, the land misuse of the past is being addressed. Populations are flowing towards economically viable cities, and away from those that are not. Ease of access to the GBCC countries, the Baltic States, and eastern Europe have encouraged economic growth, followed by more investment in infrastructure. The government has also recognized the possibility of an ice-free Arctic, and begun many infrastructure projects there in anticipation of future access to natural resources.
Tricky climate patterns and often unpredictable government regulations are but two of many challenges that construction firms face in western Donovia. That said, future improvements will continue to be focused on the areas around the Federal Cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
FEDERAL CITIES
Equal in status to Oblasts, Krais, Republics, and Autonomous Okrugs are the Federal Cities in western Donovia: Moscow and Saint Petersburg. These two cities are recognized in the Constitution of Donovia as Federal Entities. Moscow and Saint Petersburg have a status of both city and separate Federal Entity which comprises other cities and towns within each Federal city. This arrangement makes for some confusing situations. According to Article 13 of the Charter of Leningrad Oblast, the governing bodies of the oblast are located in the city of St. Petersburg. However, St. Petersburg is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast. According to Article 24 of the Charter of Moscow Oblast, the governing bodies of the oblast are located in the city of Moscow and throughout the territory of Moscow Oblast. However, Moscow is not officially named to be the administrative center of the oblast.
Moscow
Moscow is a major political, economic, cultural, and scientific center of Donovia and eastern Europe, as well as the largest city (both by population and by area) entirely on the European continent. It is the northernmost and coldest megacity and metropolis on Earth. Moscow is the capital and seat of power of Donovia. The Moscow Federal City government pays significant attention to infrastructure as one of the key pillars of urban development—with a current focus on projects that create livable and comfortable urban spaces for both citizens and tourists.
The city is served by a transit network, which includes four international airports, nine railway terminals, three tram networks, extensive bus network, a monorail system, and one of the deepest underground rapid transit systems in the world, the Moscow Metro. It is the fourth-largest in the world and largest outside Asia in terms of passenger numbers, and the busiest in Europe.
Figure INFR-1. Moscow Federal City Rapid Transit System
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Moscow Metro is the rapid transit system for the Federal City of Moscow and the Moscow Oblast cities of Krasnogorsk, Reutov, Lyubertsy and Kotelniki. As of 2018, the Moscow Metro, excluding the Moscow Central Circle and Moscow Monorail, has 223 stations and its route length is 379.1 km (235.6 mi). It uses broad gauge tracks (1,520 mm or 60 inches) and is completely electrified. A new light-rail system has been integrated into the Moscow Metro. It was completed in a record four-year period by repurposing existing brownfield networks which allowed the installation of modern technology on existing rail transport routes. As of 2017 the system had an average daily ridership of 6.99 million passengers.
Roads. There are over 2.6 million cars in the city daily. Recent years have seen growth in the number of cars, which have caused traffic jams and lack of parking space to become major problems. The Moscow Ring Road (MKAD), along with the Third Transport Ring and yet-to-be-completed Fourth Transport Ring, is one of only three freeways that run within Moscow city limits. There are several other roadway systems that form concentric circles around the city.
Bus system. A bus network radiates from each Metro station to the surrounding residential zones. Moscow has a bus terminal for long-range and intercity passenger buses with daily turnover of about 25 thousand passengers serving about 40% of long-range bus routes in Moscow. Every major street in the city is served by at least one bus route. Many of these routes are doubled by a trolleybus route and have trolley wires over them. With the total line length of almost 600 kilometers (370 miles) of single wire, eight depots, 104 routes and 1740 vehicles, the Moscow trolleybus system was the largest in the world.
Future infrastructure projects.
1. Construction of an international business center, expected to be completed by 2030.
2. Expansion of the fourth ring highway has been slowed due to economic downturns. It also is expected to be completed by 2030.
3. There has been much talk about replacing the trolleybuses with electric buses, but no action has yet been taken.
4. Development of 300,000+ square meters of hotels, 250,000+ square meters of retail, and 200,000+ square meters of offices along the new light-rail portion of the Metro.
5. Development of “citizen-centric spaces” such as full service parks. These parks will include concert venues, restaurants, parking garages, an entertainment complex, and education centers.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is Donovia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015). An important Donovian port on the Baltic Sea, it has the status of a Federal City. The city is famous as the cultural capital of Donovia with its unique historical monuments and museums. The whole central part of the city is protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, and there are numerous historical parks and gardens. Green areas cover 7,209 hectares.
Saint Petersburg is a major transport hub. The first railway was built there in 1837, and since then the city's transport infrastructure has continued to develop. St. Petersburg has an extensive system of local roads and railway services. It maintains a large public transport system that includes trams, buses, trolleybuses, the Saint Petersburg Metro, and riverine services.
The city is connected to the rest of Donovia and the wider world by a number of federal highways and national and international rail routes. Pulkovo Airport serves the majority of air passengers departing from or arriving to the city.
The Saint Petersburg Metro is a rapid transit system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast. It has six lines and 63 stations. It uses broad gauge tracks (1,520 mm or 60 inches) and is completely electrified. Future plans call for the addition of 17 new stations and one new depot by 2025.
Roads. Saint Petersburg has a clogged road system caused by traffic volumes, intercity traffic, and excessive winter snow. The Saint Petersburg Ring Road and the Western High-Speed Diameter have reduced much of the congestion. Construction on M-11 (Moscow-Saint Petersburg Highway) has begun but been plagued with delays from corruption. Saint Petersburg is an important transport corridor linking the GBCC countries to Donovia and Eastern Europe. The city is a node of the international European routes E18 towards Otavia, Otso; E20 towards Tallinn, Estonia; E95 towards Pskov, Kiev and Odessa and E105 towards Petrozavodsk, Murmansk and Kirkenes (north) and towards Moscow and Kharkiv (south).
Waterways. The city is served by both passenger and cargo seaports which tie into the river ports on the Neva River. Hydrofoils link the city center to the coastal towns of Kronstadt, Lomonosov, Petergof, Sestroretsk and Zelenogorsk from May through October. In the warmer months many smaller boats and water-taxis maneuver the canals throughout the city.
Rail. The city is the final destination for a web of intercity and suburban railways, served by five different railway terminals and dozens of non-terminal railway stations. There is a high-speed railway linking Saint Petersburg to Moscow.
Saint Petersburg has international rail connections through Otavia, Otso to Brahea, Bothnia. A high-speed railway paralleling this routes is under construction.
Future infrastructure projects. Future growth of the city is challenging with the Gulf of Finland on one side and a forest greenbelt on the other. Future works are focused on improvements in existing infrastructure.
1. Many industrial factories in the central districts have closed and vacated areas are waiting for reuse. City government is actively seeking outside investment to revitalize these areas.
2. Planning of green infrastructure is now an important and integrated part of the overall architectural and urban planning development strategy (master plan) of the city. As such, principal St. Petersburg axes (along main streets) started in the central cities will be extended into suburban areas.
3. Parks are being planned in existing residential areas and newly built up areas.
4. In the city center, plans are being made to incorporate vertical and container gardening, "green roofs" and "green walls" without affecting historical sites.
TRANSPORTATION ARCHITECTURE
The transport architecture of the United Republics of Donovia is one of the world’s most extensive. The network of roads, highways, railways, waterways, pipelines, and airways stretches almost 7,700 km (4,800 mi) from Kaliningrad in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east. Major cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg are served by extensive rapid transit systems. The most extensive portion of Donovia’s transportation architecture is in western Donovia as it serves the mature markets of Europe, the Baltic States, and the GBCC countries.
The Donovians learned long ago the importance of transport services as a major component of the GDP. The current modernization program is scheduled to be complete around 2030. The expectation is to increase exports sevenfold and foreign cargo weight to increase fourfold.
Road System
The Donovian Highway System is vast and poorly maintained outside major urban areas. Donovia is ranked 136 of 144 countries due to poor road safety, an accident rate significantly higher than Europe or the U.S., and lack of maintenance. Several UD leaders have blamed this on corruption, the lack of oversight, and the failure to update standards set 30 years ago. Meanwhile, automobile ownership rises with no significant changes to the roads or laws. One result is that most drivers now use dashcams as the courts prefer video evidence over eyewitnesses. It also is a guard against police corruption and insurance fraud.
The Donovian Highway System is made up of federal highways and regional roads. Outside the major urban areas, these are two lane highways. The most modern portion of are the major federal highways originating from Moscow. Some of these are international with links into the Baltic States, Pirtuni, and the GBCC countries.
Figure INFR-2. Donovian Federal Highways. Downloaded from
Major Federal Highways in Western Donovia | |||
Designation | Name | Route | Notes |
M-1 | Belarus | Moscow - Smolensk to the border with Belarus | on to Minsk, Brest, Warsaw |
M-2 | Crimea | Moscow to the border with Pirtuni | on to Kharkov, Zaporozhye, Simferopol, Sevastopol |
M-3 | Pirtuni | Moscow - Kaluga - Bryansk - Sevsk to the border with Pirtuni | on to Kiev |
M-4 | Don | Moscow - Bogoroditsk - Yefremov - Yelets - Zadonsk - Rostov-on-Don - Krasnodar - Novorossiysk | Opened June 2013 |
M-5 | N/A | Moscow - Ryazan - Penza - Samara - Ufa - Chelyabinsk | Moscow to the Ural Mountains |
M-6 | Caspian | Moscow - Tambov - Volgograd - Astrakhan | Also designated as “P22” |
M-7 | Volga | Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan - Ufa | |
M-8 | Cholomgory | Moscow - Yaroslavl - Vologda - Arkhangelsk, Entrance to the city of Kostroma | |
M-9 | Baltia | Moscow - Volokolamsk to the border with Latvia | |
M-10 | Donovia | Moscow - Tver - Velikiy Novgorod - Saint Petersburg to the border with Otso. | St. Pete to Otso is also designated as “A180”. |
M-11 | N/A | Moscow – Saint Petersburg | Under construction |
M-18 | Kola | Saint Petersburg - Petrozavodsk - Murmansk - Pechenga to the border with Norway | Also designated as “P21” |
M-20 | N/A | Saint Petersburg - Pskov - Pustoshka - Nevel to the border with Belarus | Also designated as “R23” |
M-32 | N/A | Samara - Bol Chernigovka to the border with Kazakhstan | On to Oral, Aktobe, Kyzylorda, Shymkent). Also designated as “A300” |
M-36 | N/A | Chelyabinsk - Troitsk to the border with Kazakhstan | on to Kostanay, Karaganda, Balqash, Almaty. Also designated as “A310” |
M-51 | Irtysh | Chelyabinsk - Novosibirsk | Also designated as “R254” |
Table INFR-6. Major Federal Highways in Western Donovia
Bus and Taxi
Despite being affordable and efficient, overground transport can be daunting in western Donovia. In recent years the competition between public and private companies running the domestic bus services have made it more efficient and cheaper. Bus service in the cities tends to be comprehensive. Travel by bus between the cities in western Donovia is sporadic due to lack of centralized scheduling and sketchy road conditions from lack of maintenance or adverse weather. International bus service is available to reach Donovia from the Baltic States and the GBCC countries.
Taxi service is available in the cities, but not between cities. However, they must be scheduled in advance and cannot be hailed off the street. Fares are not measured on a meter so riders must agree to a price when booking or before departing. Foreigners will often incur a higher rate.
Rail
Donovia Rail is the state-owned rail carrier and monopolizes all rail traffic. Donovia uses a broad rail gauge of 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 in). The rail system in western Donovia centers on Moscow. Eleven major radial lines originate in Moscow and run through the Oblast; the total length of the railways reaches 2,700 km. Most railroads are electrified.
Figure INFR-3. Rail Lines in Western Donoovia.
Internationally, western Donovia is connected to the following countries by rail:
- Belarus
- Bothnia
- Estonia
- Kazakhstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Otso
- Poland (via Kaliningrad Oblast). This includes a gauge change.
The Trans-Siberian Railroad is the longest railroad in the world. It connects Moscow to eastern Donovia. It is 9,289 kilometers (5771.91 miles) long.
Air Transportation System
Western Donovia is highly dependent on air transportation given the huge distances involved. Airports range from grass strip airfields with minimal services to 24-hour international airports. Additionally there naval air stations and air bases which may also provide civilian airport support.
Federal entity | Airport/City | ICAO/IATA | Location | Remarks |
Arkhangelsk Oblast | Talagi Airport / Arkhangelsk | ULAA / ARH | 64°36′0″N 40°43′0″E | Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Vaskovo Airport / Arkhangelsk | ULAH / None | 64°26′30″N 40°25′18″E | Runway: 2,441m, concrete | |
Semenovskoye Shidrovo Airport / Bereznik | None / None | 62°49′24″N 42°47′48″E | Runway: 1,750m, concrete | |
Kotlas Airport / Kotlas | ULKK / KSZ | 61°14′12″N 46°41′48″E | Runway: 1,450m, asphalt | |
Leshukonskoye Airport / Leshukonskoye | ULAL / LDG | 64°53′45″N 45°43′22″E | Runway 03/21: 650m turf
Runway 11/29: 1,596 concrete | |
Mezen Airport / Mezen | ULAE / None | 65°52′42″N 044°12′54″E | Runway: 1,550m, concrete | |
Plestsy (Pero) Airport / Plesetsk | None / None | 62°43′0″N 40°29′18″E | Private airport.
Runway: 2,600m, concrete | |
Solovki Airport / Solovetsky Islands | ULAS / CSH | 65°01′48″N 35°44′00″E | Runway: 1,500m, steel | |
Verkhnyaya Toyma Airport / Verkhnyaya Toyma | None /None | 62°14′18″N 045°1′12″E | Runway: 1,600m, asphalt | |
Lakhta air base | None / None | 64°23′0″N 40°43′0″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 2,900m, concrete | |
Bashkortostan Republic | Ufa International Airport / Ufa | UWUU / UFA | 54°33′49″N 55°52′49″E | International airport.
Runway 14R/32L: 3,761m, concrete. Runway 14L/32R: 2,513m, concrete. |
Magnitogorsk International Airport / Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast. | USCM / MQF | 53°23′36″N 58°45′24″E | Runway: 3,200m, concrete | |
Oktyabrsky Airport / Oktyabrsky | UWUK / OKT | 54°26′24″N 53°23′18″E | Runway: 1,500m, asphalt | |
Sibay Airport / Sibay | UWUA / None | 52°41′0″N 58°43′0″E | Runway: 1,925m, asphalt | |
Belgorod Oblast | Belgorod International Airport / Belgorod | UUOB / EGO | 50°38′36″N 36°35′24″E | International airport.
Runway 11/29: 2,500m, asphalt-concrete. Runway 12/30: 2,417m, grass. |
Stary Oskol Airport / Stary Oskol | UUOS / None | 51°19′48″N 37°46′6″E | Runway: 1,798m | |
Bryansk Oblast | Bryansk International Airport / Bryansk | UUBP / BZK | 53°12′51″N 34°10′35″E | International airport.
Runway: 2,400m, concrete. |
Chelyabinsk Oblast | Chelyabinsk Airport (Balandino Airport)/ Chelyabinsk | USCC / CEK | 55°18′18″N 61°30′18″E | Runway: 3,200m, concrete. |
Kurgan Airport / Kurgan | USUU / KRO | 55°28′30″N 65°25′0″E | Runway: 2,601m, asphalt | |
Chelyabinsk Shagol Airport / Chelyabinsk | USCG / none | 55°15′36″N 61°18′0″E | Military airfield
Runway: 2,500m, concrete. | |
Chuvash Republic | Cheboksary International Airport / Chuvashia | UWKS / CSY | 56°05′24″N 47°20′50″E | International airport.
Runway: 2,512m, asphalt |
Ivanovo Oblast | Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport / Ivanovo | UUBI / IWA | 56°56′30″N 40°56′00″E | Runway: 2,504m, asphalt |
Ivanovo Severny airlift base / Ivanovo | None / None | 57°3′30″N 40°58′54″E | Large military airlift base.
Runway: 2,300m, concrete | |
Kaliningrad Oblast | Empress Elizabeth Airport (Khrabrovo Airport) - Kaliningrad | UMKK / KGD | 54°53′24″N 20°35′33″E | Mixed civilian-military international airport.
Runway: 3,350m, concrete |
Kaliningrad Chkalovsk (also Chkalovskoye, Tchalov, or Proveren) / Chkalovsk | None / None | 54°46′0″N 20°23′48″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 3,100m, concrete | |
Kaliningrad Devau Airport / Kaliningrad | None / None | 54°43′30″N 20°34′24″E | Small general aviation airfield and sport airport.
Runway: 1,400m gravel | |
Chernyakhovsk air base / Chernyakhovsk | None / None | 54°36′6″N 21°46′54″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Donskoye air base | None / None | 54°56′12″N 19°59′6″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 500m, concrete | |
Kaluga Oblast | Kaluga (Grabtsevo) Airport / Kaluga | UUBC / KLF | 54°32′48″N 36°22′8″E | Runway: 2,200m, asphalt |
Yermolino Airport / Balabanovo | UUWE / None | 55°13′42″N 36°36′30″E | Runway: 3,000m, concrete | |
Shaykovka air base / Kiriv | XUBQ / None | 54°13′36″N 34°22′18″E | Military air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Karelia Republic | Petrozavodsk Airport / Besovets | ULPB / PES | 61°53′6″N 34°9′24″E | Mixed civilian-military field.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Kirov Oblast | Pobedilovo Airport / Kirov | USKK / KVX | 58°30′12″N 49°20′54″E | Small airliner airport.
Runway 03/21: 2,703m, asphalt. Runway 06/24: 675m, asphalt. |
Komi Republic | Pechora Airport / Komi | UUYP / PEX | 65°7′18″N 57°7′48″E | Runway: 1,800m, asphalt |
Syktyvkar Airport / Syktyvkar | UUYY / SCW | 61°38′30″N 50°50′18″E | Runway: 2,500m, asphalt | |
Ukhta Airport / Ukhta | UUYH / UCT | 63°34′0″N 53°48′12″E | Runway: 2,650m, asphalt | |
Usinsk Airport / Usinsk | UUYS / USK | 66°0′0″N 57°22′0″E | Runway: 2,502m, asphalt | |
Vorkuta Airport / Vorkuta | UUYW / VKT | 67°29′18″N 63°59′24″E | Runway: 1,900m, asphalt | |
Inta Airport | UUYI / INA | 66°3′20″N 60°6′41″E | Runway: 1,450m, concrete | |
Ust-Tsilma Airport / Ust-Tsilma | UUYX / UTS | 65°26′0″N 52°11′56″E | Runway: 1,332m, concrete | |
Vuktyl Airport / Vuktyl | UUYK / None | 63°49′24″N 57°16′48″E | Small civilian airport.
Runway: 1,500m, asphalt | |
Izhma Heliport / Izhma | UUYV / None | 65°01′54″N 53°58′12″E | Closed to fixed wing aircraft.
Runway: 1,325m, concrete | |
Pechora Kamenka air base / Pechora | None / None | 65°3′18″N 056°40′24″E | Medium size bomber base.
Runway: 3,050m, concrete | |
Syktyvkar Southwest Airport / Komi | None / None | 61°35′12″N 50°31′12″E | Unfinished and abandoned airport.
Runway: 2,950m, concrete | |
Kostroma Republic | Kostroma Airport / Kostroma | UUBA / KMW | 57°47′48″N 41°1′12″E | Runway: 1,640m, asphalt |
Kursk Oblast | Kursk Vostochny Airport / Kursk | UUOK / URS | 51°45′6″N 36°17′48″E | Military – Civilian airport
Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Leningrad Oblast | Pushkin Airport | ULLP / None | 59°41′6″N 30°20′18″E | Mixed civilian-military field.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Veshchevo air base / Vyborgsky | None / None | 60°40′24″N 29°10′0″E | Abandoned naval air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Mari El Republic | Yoshkar-Ola Airport / Yoshkar-Ola | UWKJ / JOK | 56°42′18″N 47°53′42″E | Category 2 airport. Runway: 2,400m, asphalt |
Mordovia Republic | Saransk Airport / Saransk | UWPS / SKX | UWPS / SKX | International airport.
Runway: 2,802m, concrete |
Moscow Federal City | Vnukovo International Airport / Moscow | UUWW / VKO | 55°35′46″N 37°16′03″E | International airport.
Runway: 3,500m, concrete. Runway: 3,060m, concrete |
Ostafyevo International Business Airport / Moscow | UUMO / OSF | 55°30′42″N 37°30′26″E | "B" class international airport.
Runway: 2,050m, concrete | |
Bykovo Airport / Moscow | UUBB / BKA | 55°37′20″N 38°03′50″E | Small regional airport.
Runway: 2,210m | |
Moscow Oblast | Moscow Domodedovo Airport / Domodedovo | UUDD / DME | 55°24′31″N 37°54′22″E | International airport.
Runway 14L/32R: 3,793m, reinforced concrete. Runway 14R/32L: 3,500m, cement-concrete. |
Sheremetyevo International Airport / Khimki | UUEE / SVO | 55°58′22″N 37°24′53″E | International airport.
Runway 06R/24L: 3,700m, concrete. Runway 06C/24C: 3,550m, concrete. | |
Zhukovsky (Ramenskoye) International Airport / Zhukovsky | UUBW / ZIA | 55°33′12″N 38°9′6″E | International airport.
Runway: 4,600m, concrete | |
Tretyakovo Airport / Lukhovitsy | UUMT / None | 54°54′18″N 39°1′36″E | Airport for testing aircraft.
Runway: 3,024m, concrete | |
Kubinka air base / Kubinka | UUMB / None | 55°36′42″N 36°39′0″E | Military air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete. | |
Chkalovsky Airport / Shchyolkovo | UUMU / CKL | 55°52′42″N 38°03′42″E | Military airport base.
Runway: 3,300m, concrete | |
Murmansk Oblast | Kirovsk-Apatity Airport / Apatity | ULMK / KVK | 67°27′47″N 33°35′17″E | Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Murmansk Airport / Murmansk | ULMM / MMK | 68°47′01.68″N 32°45′21.41″E | Runway: 2,500m, paved | |
Alakurtti air base / Alakurtti | None / None | 66°58′24″N 30°20′42″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Severomorsk-1 (Vayenga-1) | ULAK / None | 69°1′54″N 33°25′6″E | Naval air base.
40 bombers and a small number of fighters. Runway: 3,000m, concrete | |
Severomorsk-2 / Kola Peninsula | None / None | 69°0′54″N 33°17′30″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 1,900m, asphalt | |
Severomorsk-3 / Kola Peninsula | None / None | 68°52′0″N 33°43′0″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Olenya (Olenegorsk) air base / Kola Peninsula | XLMO / None | 68°09′06″N 33°28′12″E | Naval reconnaissance base.
Runway: 3,500m, concrete | |
Lovozero air base / Lovozero | ULML / None | 68°1′18″N 35°0′0″E | Military air base.
Runway: 1,100m, concrete | |
Ponoy airfield / Ponoy | ULMO / None | 67°6'36N
41°6'22E |
Military airfield | |
Afrikanda air base / Afrikanda | None / None | 67°27′24″N 32°47′12″E | Military air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Amderma Airport / Amderma | ULDD / AMV | 69°45′48″N 61°33′48″E | Runway: 2,600m, reinforced concrete |
Naryan-Mar Airport / Naryan-Mar | ULAM / NNM | 67°38′24″N 53°07′30″E | Mixed civilian-military field.
Only major facility airfield on the Barents Sea. Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Varandey Airport / Varandey | ULDW / VRI | 68°50′52″N 58°11′55″E | Runway: 1,700m, concrete | |
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | Strigino International Airport / Nizhny Novgorod | UWGG / GOJ | 56°13′48″N 43°47′12″E | International airport.
Runway 06/24: 500m, asphalt Runway 15/33: 600m, asphalt Runway 18R/36L: 2,805m, concrete Runway 18L/36R: 2,509m, Asphalt |
Novgorod Oblast | Sarov (Mius) Airport / Sarov | XUDM / None | 54°95’38”N 43°30’96”E | Small civilian airfield.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Staraya Russa Airport / Staraya Russa | ULNR / None | 57°57′42″N 31°23′12″E | Runway: 2,000m, concrete | |
Krechevitsy Airport / Krechevitsy | None / None | 58°37′30″N 31°24′0″E | Former military base being constructed as an international airport.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Novgorod Yurievo Airport / Velikiy Novgorod | ULNN / NVR | 58°29′36″N 31°14′30″E | Closed, but hosts a meteorological facility.
Runway: 1,320m, asphalt | |
Oryol Oblast | Oryol Yuzhny Airport (Oryol South Airport, Orel Yuzhny Airport, Orel South Airport) / Orel | UUOR / OEL | 52°56′04″N 36°00′07″E | |
Orenburg Oblast | Orenburg Tsentralny Airport / Orenburg | UWOO / REN | 51°47′44.83″N 55°27′24.28″E | Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Orsk Airport / Orsk | UWOR / OSW | 51°4′18″N 58°35′48″E | International airport.
Runway: 2,911m, concrete | |
Penza Oblast | Penza Airport (Tenovka Airport or Penza South Airport) | UWPP / PEZ | 53°06′44.4″N 45°00′56.7″E | Runway: 2,800m, concrete |
Perm Krai | Perm International Airport / Bolshoye Savino | USPP / PEE | 57°54′52″N 56°01′16″E | Joint civil-military international airfield.
Runway: 3,206m, asphalt concrete. |
Krasnovishersk Airport / Krasnovishersk | None / None | 60°24′36″N 57°8′18″E | Small civilian airstrip.
Runway: 1,100m, asphalt | |
Berezniki Airport / Solikamsk | USPT / None | 59°34′0″N 56°51′48″E | Runway: 1,500m, asphalt | |
Bakharevka Airport / Perm City | USPB / None | 57°57′6″N 56°11′42″E | Military air base.
Runway: 750m, concrete | |
Pskov Oblast | Pskov Airport / Pskov | ULOO / PKV | 57°47′6″N 28°23′54″E | Medium mixed civilian-military field.
Runway: 2,514m, concrete. No instrument landing capability. |
Ostrov air base / Ostrov | None / None | 57°18′0″N 28°26′0″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 3,500m, concrete | |
Ryazan Oblast | Dyagilevo air base / Ryazan | None / None | 54°38′30″N 39°34′18″E | Military air base
Runway: 3,000m, concrete |
Turlatovo Airport / Ryazab | Small airport for training and skydiving | |||
Samara Oblast | Kurumoch International Airport / Samara | UWWW / KUF | 53°30′6″N 50°9′18″E | International airport.
Runway 05/23: 2,548m, asphalt Runway: 3,001m, concrete |
Bezymyanka Airport / Samara | UWWG / None | 53°13′N 50°20′E | Experimental aerodrome.
Runway: 3,600m, concrete | |
Smyshlyaevka airport | ||||
Saratov Oblast | Saratov Tsentralny Airport / Saratov | UWSS / RTW | 51°33′54.00″N 46°02′48.00″E | International airport.
Runway: 2,220m, asphalt |
Smolensk Oblast | Smolensk North Airport / Smolensk | UUBS / LNX | 54°49′30″N 32°1′30″E | Mixed civilian-military field.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Vyazma Airport / Vyazma | None / None | 55°8′54″N 34°23′0″E | General aviation airport.
Runway: 2,000m, concrete | |
St. Petersburg Federal City | Pulkovo Airport / St Petersburg | ULLI / LED | 59°48′01″N 30°15′45″E | International airport.
Runway 10R/28L: 3,780m, cement-concrete. Runway 10L/28R: 3,397m, cement-concrete. |
Levashovo air base / Levashovo | None / None | 60°5′12″N 30°11′36″E | Military air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Tambov Oblast | Tambov Donskoye Airport / Donskoye | UUOT / TBW | 52°48′21″N 41°28′58″E | Runway: 2,100m, concrete |
Zherdevka air base / Zherdevka | None / None | 51°50′0″N 41°33′0″E | Interceptor air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Tatarstan Republic | Kazan International Airport / Kazan | UWKD / KZN | 55°36′24″N 49°16′54″E | International airport.
Runway: 3,724m, concrete |
Begishevo Airport / Nizhnekamsk | UWKE / NBC | 55°33′48″N 52°5′42″E | International airport.
Runway: 2,489m, asphalt | |
Bugulma Airport / Bugulma | UWKB / UUA | 54°38′24″N 52°48′6″E | Small civilian airport.
Runway: 2,000m, asphalt | |
Chistopol Airport / Chistopol | UWKI / None | 55°18′18″N 50°37′0″E | Small airport, with a single tarmac with one building. | |
Menzelinsk Airport / Menzelinsk | UWKP / None | 55°43′12″N 53°3′36″E | Small civilian airport.
Runway: 1,250m, asphalt | |
Sarmany Airport / Sarman | None / None | 55°15′30″N 52°34′24″E | Small civilian airfield.
Runway: 1,350m, asphalt | |
Borisoglebskoye Airfield / Kazan | UWKG / None | 55°52′0″N 49°8′0″E | Military experimental aviation airfield.
Runway: 3,200m, concrete | |
Yelabuga North Airport / Yelabuga | None / None | 55°47′30″N 52°8′0″E | Small airfield.
Runway: 1,500m, asphalt | |
Tula Oblast | Klokovo Airfield | UUBT / TYA | 54°14′20″N 37°36′00″E | Private jet airport |
Rydoma Airfield | 54°26′5″N 37°25′0″E | |||
Pakhomovo Airfield | 54°62′5″N 37°57′5″E | |||
Myasnovo Airfield | 54°21′3′′N 37°55′1′′E | |||
Tver Oblast | Rzhev air base / Rzhev | None / None | 56°15′36″N 34°24′30″E | Military air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete |
Borisovsky Khotilovo air base / Bologoye | None / None | 57°39′18″N 34°6′0″E | Military air base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Migalovo air base | UUEM / KLD | 56°49′30″N 35°45′36″E | Large military airlift base.
Runway: 2,500m, concrete | |
Kimry (Borki or Kletino) Airport | UUEI / None | 56°47′54″N 37°19′48″E | Small utility airfield.
Runway: 1,415m, asphalt | |
Udmurtia Republic | Izhevsk Airport / Izhevsk | USII / IJK | 56°50′0″N 53°27′24″E | Runway: 2,500m, concrete. |
Ulyanovsk Oblast | Soldatskaya Tashla Airport / Novoulyanovsk | UWLS / None | 54°01'10"N 48°18'53"E | Three runways. Longest is 3,281m |
Ulyanovsk Baratayevka Airport / Ulyanovsk | UWLL / ULV | 54°16′32″N 48°14′35″E | Runway: 3,820m, concrete | |
Ulyanovsk Vostochny Airport / Ulyanovsk | UWLW / ULY | 54°23′58″N 48°48′04″E | Runway: 5,000m, reinforced concrete | |
Vladimir Oblast | Semyazino Airport / Vladimir | UUBL / VLI | 56°7′36″N 40°18′54″E | Forestry commission airport
Runway: 1,950m, asphalt |
Vologda Oblast | Cherepovets Airport / Botovo | ULWC / CEE | 59°16′36″N 38°1′42″E | Runway: 2,523m, asphalt |
Veliky Ustyug Airport / Velikiy Ustyug | ULWU / VUS | 60°47′18″N 46°15′36″E | Runway: 1,280m, concrete. | |
Vologda Airport / Vologda | ULWW / VGD | 59°16′54″N 39°56′48″E | Runway: 1,500m, concrete. | |
Nikolsk Airport / Nikolsk | None / None | 59°29′48″N 45°31′6″E | Small civilian airfield.
Runway: 1,250m, asphalt | |
Tarnogsky Gorodok Airport / Tarnogsky Gorodok | None / None | 60°30′12″N 43°36′6″E | Small civilian airfield.
Runway: 1,400m, asphalt | |
Fedotovo air base / Kipelovo | XLWF / None | 59°11′18″N 39°7′24″E | Naval air base.
Runway: 3,500m, concrete. | |
Voronezh Oblast | Voronezh International Airport (Chertovitskoye Airport) | UUOO / VOZ | 51°48′54″N 39°13′48″E | International airport.
Runway: 2,600m, concrete. |
Pridacha Airport | UUOD / None | 51°39′0″N 39°15′0″E | Aircraft test airport.
Runway: 2,424m, asphalt. | |
Yaroslavl Oblast | Tunoshna Airport / Yaroslavl | UUDL / IAR | 57°33′38.40″N 40°9′26.53″E | International airport.
Runway: 3,010m, asphalt concrete. |
Staroselye Airport / Rybinsk | UUBK / RYB | 58°6′6″N 38°55′30″E | Small civilian airport.
Runway: 2,000m, asphalt | |
Yaroslavl Levtsovo air base / Yaroslavl | None / None | 57°43′52″N 40°3′18″E | Military air base.
Runway: 1,700m, dirt |
Table INFR- 6. Airports, Airfields, and Heliports in Western Donovia
Ports/Sea/River Transportation System
Western Donovia is crisscrossed by thousands of rivers providing a navigable waterway system. Last year, 136.6 million tons of cargo were carried over Donovia's inland waterways. 53 companies carried 22.8 million passengers.
Seaports are critical to western Donovia’s economic viability. These are located on the Baltic Sea, White Sea, Barents Sea, and Arctic Ocean.
Ports in Western Donovia | |||
Federal entity | Port | Location | Details |
Arkhangelsk Oblast | Port of Arkhangelsk | 64°32′N 40°30′E | 3 cargo areas, container terminal, sea-river station
Wharfage: 3.3km Draft: 9.2m Length: 175–200m Warehousing: 292K m² Closed storage: 40K m² Open tarmac: 250K m² Customs warehouses: 2K m² Space area for 5762 TEUs 75K TEUs annually |
Port of Amderma | 69°45'22"N 61°33'52"E | Small seaport | |
Port of Mezen | 65°53'36"N 44°7'38"E | Small harbor | |
Kaliningrad Oblast | Port of Kaliningrad | 54°42'0"N 20°27'31"E | Sea Commercial Port handles general, bulk, containerized, and roll-on/roll-off cargoes.
Shed space: 44K m² Refrigerated sheds: 4K m² State Fishery Port handles general cargoes, bagged cargoes, roll-on/roll-off cargoes, bulk fertilizer exports, liquid fertilizer, and oil. Container space: 10K m² All berths have two rail tracks |
Port of Svetly | In the middle of the Port of Kaliningrad Sea Channel | Handles fuel oil, coal, and frozen products.
Small ship repair yard. Maximum draft of from 4.5 to 5.5 meters. | |
Kaluga Oblast | Port of Kaluga | 54°29'49"N 36°18'34"E | Small river port |
Leningrad Oblast | Port of Vyborg | 60°42′18”N 28°43′55”E | Sea port with access to Lake Saimaa.
1 bulk terminal w/4 berths Oil terminal with 3 berths Open storage: 35K m² Closed storage: 170K m² Capacity: 3M tons annually |
Port of Vysotsk | 60°37′60.00″N 28°34′0.00″E | Sea port
Oil and LNG terminal | |
Port of Primorsk | 60°22′0.00″N 28°37′60.00″E | Sea port
Anchorage depth: 17.1m-18.2m Oil terminal depth: 17.1m-18.2m Max size: Up to 500 feet in length | |
Mari El Republic | Volga and Vetluga rivers with piers in Zvenigovo, Volzhsk, Kozmodemyansk, Yurino, Kokshaysk | River ports | |
Moscow Federal City | Port of Moscow | 55°50'41"N 37°27'57"E | River port. Consists of the North River Terminal and South River Terminal. |
Murmansk Oblast | Port of Murmansk | 68°58′21″N 33°2′46″E | Medium seaport with a fishing port, commercial port, and passenger port.
13 berths. Handling facilities: 52 gantry cranes, 1 shiploader, 113 fork trucks. Capacity: 15.69M tons annually |
Port of Kandalaksha | 67°8'6"N 32°24'28"E | Kandalaksha, Murmansk
Small seaport | |
Port of Vitino | 67°4'43"N 32°20'6"E | Oil port with a small wharf | |
Severomorsk naval base | 69°04′N 33°25′E | Homeport of the Donovian Northern Fleet | |
Nenets Autonomous Okrug | Naryan-Mar | 67°38′33”N 53°1′16”E | Very small river port (Pechora River) |
Novy Port | 67°41′0″N 72°53′0″E | Kara Sea port | |
Novgorod Oblast | Port of Novgorod | 56°17’33”N 44°7’17”E | |
Perm Krai | Port of Perm | 58°0’56”N 56°11’46”E | Small river port |
Pskov Oblast | Pskova river port | River port | |
St. Petersburg Federal City | Port of St. Petersburg | 59°55′38″N 30°13′48″E | First Terminal 1.25M TEUs annually
Second Terminal 1M TEUs annually |
Port of Lomonosov | 59°55'29"N 29°46'27"E | Lomonosov, St Petersburg
Small seaport | |
Port of Ust-Luga | 59°39′59″N 28°17′37″E | Sea-river port
Deep draft Ships: 150K tons Container terminal | |
Tver Oblast | Port of Tver | 56°49’32”N 35°59’48”E | River port |
Yaroslavl Oblast | Port of Yaroslavl | 57°38’1”N 39°53’47”E | Small river port |
Table INFR- 7. Ports of Western Donovia
Pipelines
Western Donovia is home to the world's longest oil pipeline, the Druzhba pipeline and in fact one of the biggest oil pipeline networks in the world. It carries oil some 4,000 kilometers (2,500 mi) from the eastern part of western Donovia to points in Pirtuni, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany. The network also branches out into numerous pipelines to deliver its product throughout the Eastern Europe and beyond. The name "Druzhba" means "friendship", alluding to the fact that the pipeline supplies oil to energy-hungry countries in western Europe and to its "fraternal socialist allies" in the former Warsaw Pact countries. Today, it is the largest principal artery for the transportation of Donovian oil across Europe.
The Baltic Pipeline System runs through Vologda Oblast, with three oil-pumping stations located at Nyuksenitsa, Pogorelovo, and Gryazovets.
The Kharyaga-Indiga pipeline is in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The Naryan-Mar-Telviska-Velikovisochnoye pipeline in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug is being constructed. These pipelines are expected to provide additional access to future oil finds as the Arctic ice continues to retreat.
Red: gas pipelines
Green: oil pipelines
Dashed: planned pipelines
Brown: prospective region
Figure INFR-4. Pipelines in Eastern Europe.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARCHITECTURE
Donovia is served by an extensive system of automatic telephone exchanges connected by modern networks of fiber-optic cable, coaxial cable, microwave radio relay, and a domestic satellite system. Cellular telephone service is widely available, expanding rapidly, and includes roaming service to foreign countries. Fiber-to-the-x infrastructure has been expanded rapidly in recent years, principally by regional private companies. Collectively, these companies are having a significant impact of fiber broadband in regional areas, and are enabling operators to take advantage of consumer demand for faster access and bundled services.
Six years ago, the President directed the provision of modern communication services to rural settlements throughout Donovia with a population of 250 to 500 people. The intention is to connect villages to the wired internet. The budget comes among others, from the Universal Service Fund.
Landlines. Donovia has 32.277 million landlines in use. The telephone system employs an extensive system of modern network elements such as digital telephone exchanges, mobile switching centers, media gateways and signaling gateways at the core, interconnected by a wide variety of transmission systems using fiber-optics or microwave radio relay networks. The access network, which connects the subscriber to the core, is highly diversified with different copper-pair, optic-fiber and wireless technologies; cellular services, both analog and digital, are available in many areas. In the rural areas, the telephone services are still outdated, inadequate, and low density. Cross-country digital trunk lines run from Saint Petersburg to Vladivostok, and from Moscow to Novorossiysk.
Mobile phone. There are many mobile phone service brands in western Donovia. At the end of 2013 there were approximately 239 million SIM cards in use in the country. The access points are built in long-distance telephone exchanges (LDTE), Donovian fixed-line communication infrastructure which is present in every Federal entity. As a result, interconnecting mobile operator only needs to create "last kilometer" circuits to the regional LDTE, the requirement already imposed by its mobile license. By 2010, 3G networks covered most of Donovia. High definition voice service is available in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. 4G networks are the project of the future.
Radio. There are 62.5 million radio receivers in Donovia. There are 420 AM stations, 447 FM stations, and 56 shortwave radio stations. Radio Don is the primary public radio station.
AGRICULTURE
The main agricultural specializations of western Donovia are cattle breeding with meat and milk production, as well as poultry production.
The total of arable land in western Donovia is approximately 75 million hectares. Spring grain planting in western Donovia usually begins in April and progresses from south to north. The "summer" crops—chiefly corn and sunflowers—are last to be sown, and planting approaches completion by late May or early June. The harvest of small grains (chiefly wheat and barley) moves from south to north and begins in late June. Harvesting is in full operation by early July and largely finished by mid-to-late August. Corn and sunflower harvest begins in September and continues through October.
Employment in agriculture and forestry remained relatively constant in recent years. Agriculture and forestry employment accounted for about 14% of total employment last year, about the same level as a decade earlier. The business infrastructure for the agriculture sector is especially underdeveloped including support services, transportation, distribution networks, and financial services. For agriculture in Donovia to go through the transformation to a modern system, the key step will be establishing and enforcing farmers' rights to use land without interference by corrupt government officials. The first step in this process is to develop an efficient system of issuing and protecting title to land rights. This will also require a more reliable and enforceable framework for secured financial transactions so that farmers can buy and sell their land or use the land as collateral for obtaining loans.
INDUSTRY
Industrial production in western Donovia is primarily in the city of Moscow and the Moscow Oblast. Primary industries are metallurgy, oil refining, and mechanical engineering, food, energy, and chemical industries. There are plants for the thermal and nuclear power engineering, nuclear fuel, space and missile, solid rocket fuel, power plants for aircraft, locomotives, metro cars, electric trains, automobiles, buses, agricultural machines, excavators and cranes, stainless steel, cables, and optical devices.
The chemical industries of western Donovia produces acids, mineral fertilizers, synthetic fibers, varnishes and paints, and pharmaceuticals.
There is a well-developed industry of construction materials with production of cement in Voskresensk and Kolomna, earthenware, porcelain in the Likino-Dulyovo and Verbilki, and a dry mortar plant in Krasnogorsk.
Light industry provides products in cotton, wool, jerseys, crafts, and household appliances (TV sets, washing machines, refrigerators, etc.). One in three televisions manufactured in Donovia come from factories in Kaliningrad.
Much of western Donovia is involved in the forest and wood processing sector. For example, in the Republic of Karelia, timber logging is carried out by a large number of small enterprises whereas pulp and paper production is concentrated in five large enterprises, which produce about a quarter of Donovia’s total output of paper.
Energy
Electricity in western Donovia is supplied by thermal power plants, coal power plants, hydroelectric power plants, and nuclear power plants.
Hydroelectric Power Plants in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Entity supplied | Capacity | Location |
Upper Svir hydroelectric station | Leningrad Oblast | 160MW installed
548GWh annual generation |
60°55′08″N 34°11′28″E |
Lower Svir hydroelectric station | Leningrad Oblast | 99MW | 60°48′18″N 33°42′18″E |
Volkhov hydroelectric station | Leningrad Oblast | 86MW installed
347GWh annual generation |
59°54′38″N 32°20′35″E |
Lesogorsk hydroelectric station | Leningrad Oblast | 118MW installed | 61°03′30.6″N 28°52′24.24″E |
Narva hydroelectric station | Leningrad Oblast | 125MW installed
640GWh annual generation |
59°22′4″N 28°12′38″E |
Svetogorsk hydroelectric station | Leningrad Oblast | 122MW installed | 61°06′15.84″N 28°50′21.84″E |
Jäniskoski hydroelectric station | Petsamo | 68°58′18″N 28°46′49″E | |
Rajakoski hydroelectric station | Murmansk Oblast | 69°01′22″N 29°00′20″E | |
Hevoskoski hydroelectric station | Murmansk Oblast | 47MW installed | 69°7′3″N 29°14′31″E |
Borisoglebsky hydroelectric station | Murmansk Oblast | 69°38′37″N 30°8′15″E | |
Iova hydroelectric station | Murmansk Oblast | 96MW installed | 66°40′09″N 31°23′22″E |
Cheboksary hydroelectric dam | Cheboksary, Chuvash Republic | Turbines 18 × 78MW
1,404MW installed 2,100GWh annual generation |
56°08′17″N 47°27′56″E |
Ivankovo hydroelectric station | Dubna, Tver Oblast | 30MW installed | 56°44′11″N 37°07′16.38″E |
Uglich hydroelectric station | Yaroslavl Oblast | 120MW installed | 57.5275°N 38.297778°E |
Rybinsk hydroelectric station | Yaroslavl Oblast | 366.4 MW installed
935GWh annual generation |
58.100017°N 38.709641°E |
Nizhny Novgorod hydroelectric station | Nizhny Novgorod Oblast | 520MW installed
1,510GWh annual generation |
56.650187°N 43.428955°E |
Kama hydroelectric station | Perm Krai | 522MW installed | 58°06′56″N 56°19′50″E |
Votkinsk Hydroelectric station | Perm Krai | 1,020MW installed
2.2 billion kWh annual generation |
56°47′27″N 54°05′22″E |
Nizhnekamsk hydroelectric station | Republic of Tatarstan | 1,248MW installed
2.54 billion kWh annual generation |
55°41′58″N 52°16′42″E |
Pavlovka Hydroelectric Station | Republic of Bashkortostan | 201.6MW installed
590GWh annual generation |
55°25′4″N 56°32′1″E |
Table INFR-8. Hydroelectric Power Plants in Western Donovia
Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plants in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Entity supplied | Capacity gen/pump (MW) | Location |
Moscow Canal Scheme | Moscow Oblast | 31.1/101.0 | 56°43′N 37°08′E |
Zagorsk-1 Pumped Storage Station | Bogorodskoye | 1200/1320 | 56°28′55″N 38°11′28″E |
Zagorsk-2 Pumped Storage Station | Sergiev Posad | 840 | 56°28′25″N 38°11′08″E |
Table INFR-9. Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Power Plants in Western Donovia
Tidal Power Plants in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Entity supplied | Nameplate Capacity | Location |
Kislaya Guba tidal power station | Murmansk Oblast | 1.7MW | 69°22′37″N 33°04′33″E |
Table INFR-10. Tidal Power Plants in Western Donovia
Wind Power Plants in Western Donovia | |||
Name | Entity supplied | Capacity | Location |
Kulikovskaya wind farm | Kaliningrad Oblast | 5.1MW | 54°56′02″N 20°21′0″E |
Table INFR-11. Wind Power Plants in Western Donovia
Nuclear Power Plants in Western Donovia | ||||
Name | Entity supplied | Capacity | Type | Location |
Leningrad nuclear power plant | Leningrad Oblast | 4,785MW nameplate capacity
21,208 GWh annual net output |
RBMK-1000
VVER-1200/V491 (AES 2006) |
59°50′50″N 29°02′37″E |
Kola nuclear power plant | Murmansk Oblast | 1,760MW nameplate capacity
9,846GWh annual net output |
VVER-440/230k | 67°28′N 32°28′E |
Smolensk nuclear power plant | Smolensk Oblast | 3,000MW nameplate capacity
5,093GWh annual net output |
RBMK-1000 | 54°10′8.98″N 33°14′47.89″E |
Kalinin nuclear power plant | Tver Oblast | 4,000MW nameplate capacity
20,106GWh annual net output |
VVER | 57°54′20″N 35°03′37″E |
RBMK: graphite-moderated nuclear power reactor
VVER: a series of pressurized water reactor designs
Table INFR-12. Nuclear Power Plants in Western Donovia
Thermal Power Plants in Western Donovia | ||||
Name | Entity supplied | Capacity | Fuel | Location |
Kashira power plant
(Kashirskaya) |
Moscow Oblast | 1,830MW (electrical)
80MWt (heating) 8,262GWh annual output |
Coal and natural gas | 54°51′29″N 38°15′35″E |
Kirishi power station (Kirishkaya) | Leningrad Oblast | 2,595MW | Natural gas | 59°29′25.7″N 32°3′11″E |
Konakovo power station (Konakovskaya) | Tver Oblast | 2,520MW | Natural gas | 56°44′35″N 36°46′13″E |
Kostroma power station (Kostromskaya) | Kostroma Oblast | 3,600MW | Natural gas | 57°27′34″N 41°10′30″E |
Perm power station (Permskaya) | Perm Krai | 2,400MW | Natural gas | 58°29′53″N 56°20′42″E |
Pskov power station (Pskovskaya) | Pskov Oblast | 440MW (electrical)
91Gcal/h (heating) |
Natural gas | 57.511N 29.97E |
Shatura power station (Shaturskaya) | Moscow Oblast | 1,500MW | Peat, coal, natural gas, oil | 55°35′00″N 39°33′40″E |
TEC-27 Moscow | Moscow City | 1,060MW | Natural gas | 55°54′56.69″N 37°41′19.46″E |
Table INFR-13. Thermal Power Plants in Western Donovia
Oil and Gas Production
There are small oil reservoirs beneath the Baltic Sea not far from Kaliningrad's shore. Small-scale offshore exploration started in 2004. Poland, Lithuania, and some local NGOs, voiced concerns about possible environmental effects.
The Nenets Autonomous Okrug has large reserves of oil and gas. The Kharyaga-Indiga pipeline and a gas plant near Khumzha allow the transportation of oil and gas throughout the region and into the general Donovian pipeline network. There are currently more than 80 separate oil and gas sites of exploration. Industry experts estimate there is around 5 billion tons of oil and around 500 billion cubic meters of gas in the district.
The Republic of Tatarstan produces 32 million tons of crude oil per year and has estimated oil reserves of more than 1 billion tons.
Defense Industries
There are many defense enterprises, such as Donovian Center for Weapons Development, military equipment and technology in Krasnoarmeysk, Donovian Research Institute of Aviation Systems, the Defense Chemical Plant, National Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design, Western Donovia Research Institute, Great War Memorial Scientific Production Plant, and many others.
NUCLEAR
The Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant is located in the city of Sosnovy Bor. There is a nuclear power plant on the Kola Peninsula. As of 2018, two nuclear power reactors are currently under construction in the eastern part of Kaliningrad.
SPACE
There is one space port in western Donovia. The Plesetsk Cosmodrome located in Mirny, Arkhangelsk Oblast, about 800 km north of Moscow and approximately 200 km south of Arkhangelsk, dates from 1957. Originally developed as an ICBM site for the R-7 missile, it also served for numerous satellite launches using the R-7 and other rockets. Its high latitude makes it useful only for certain types of launches, especially the Molniya orbits. It has 14 launchpads (of which 10 are still active) and two active launch silos.
Active Launchpad | Capability | Location |
Pad 16/2 | R-7, Molniya, Soyuz-U | 62.960°N 40.683°E |
Pad 35/1 | Angara | 62.927°N 40.575°E |
Pad 43/3 | R-7, Vostok-2M, Voskhod, Molniya-M, Soyuz-U | 62.927°N 40.450°E |
Pad 43/4 | R-7, Vostok-2M, Voskhod, Molniya-M, Soyuz-U, Soyuz-M, Soyuz-2, Soyuz-2-1v | 62.929°N 40.457°E |
Pad 132/1 | Kosmos-3, Kosmos-3M | 62.883°N 40.869°E |
Pad 132/2 | Kosmos-3, Kosmos-3M | 62.883°N 40.872°E |
Pad 133/1 | Kosmos-21 | 62.887°N 40.847°E |
Pad 133/3 | Kosmos-3M, Rockot | 62.887°N 40.850°E |
Pad 167 | mobile ICBM: Topol/Topol-M/RS-24 | 63.008379°N 41.547953°E |
Pad 168 | mobile ICBM: Topol | 63.008509°N 41.554723°E |
Active Launch Silos | Capability | Location |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site Yubileynaya | ICBM: Topol-M/RS-24 | 62.889450°N 41.759721°E |
Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site Yuzhnaya | ICBM: Topol-M/RS-24 | 62.870510°N 41.780921°E |
Table INFR-14.Active Launchpads and Launch Silos in Western Donovia
POLLUTION
Historical disregard for environmental issues has led to serious air and water pollution problems in western Donovia. 25% of the world’s fresh water is in Donovia. However, a large amount of that supply is polluted by industrial waste and heavy metals. This is especially a problem for Moscow city, which is 70% dependent on surface water. In the Murmansk region, past administrations used the area for ship breaking and as a nuclear waste storage. Kola Bay, a major source of fish, is under stress due to pollution.
One of the most polluted cities in western Donovia is Karabsh, Chelyabinsk. Karabsh is the home of a copper smelting plant which has been polluting both ground and air for over 50 years. In the mid-90s, the annual volume of plant emissions into the atmosphere was more than 118, 000 tons of sulfur dioxide; per person in the city - about 7 tons. The result is a shockingly high mortality rates from cancer and respiratory ailments. The Sak-Elga River was used for dumping wastes of iron, zinc, and sulphuric acid causes it to turn orange. Air emissions include toxic gases of lead, arsenic, sulphur, and mercury. Trees stopped growing around the plant. All fish and birds died out. In 1996 the Donovian environment ministry declared Karabash an environmental disaster zone. 60% of Karabsh is polluted by mercury, while ground and water pollution levels are horrific. The concentration of arsenic is 279 times the permitted level; for copper it’s 368 times and 300 times for lead, while the concentration of copper in the water is 600 times the permitted level. In 2014, Karabsh had the highest death rate for young people in Chelyabinsk Oblast. Investigations revealed, among other things, that a considerable number of children had a raised metal content (lead, arsenic, cadmium) in their hair, and a higher than average amount of cadmium in their blood.
Ground. The first generation nuclear reactors have reached their designed lifespan. The oldest existing RBMK-1000 unit of Leningrad Oblast and the oldest model of VVER-440 power unit of the Kola nuclear power plant reached their designed lifespan in 2003. By-products of nuclear weapons production caused permanent damage in Chelyabinsk Oblast. Fallout from the 1986 explosion at Chernobyl affected the Bryansk Oblast. Less well-known than the Chernobyl disaster were accidents at the Mayak nuclear weapons production plant near Chelyabinsk in 1949, 1957, and 1967, which together released significantly higher emissions than Chernobyl. Chemical fertilizers and airborne pollutants have contaminated some agricultural areas. Soil resources have also been adversely affected by mismanagement.
Water. In an effort of good faith, the Donovian government is putting USD452 million into a cleanup program, but water pollution is driven predominantly by industry. Corporations do not have much incentive to practice eco-friendly habits due to the ineffective, unenforced fines. All across the country, rivers and lakes have been flooded with waste runoff from factories. Donovia has the means to enforce its own environmental regulations, but Donovia’s environment ministry has neglected to collect on 132,075 instances of entire-river poisoning.
Air. Donovia produces a significant portion of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. Air pollution is a serious concern to people across the country. Recent research commissioned by NGOs highlighted that in Moscow Federal City, 82% of residents are dissatisfied with air quality. In St. Petersburg Federal City, it’s 77%. And in Kazan, Tatarstan Republic, it’s 60%. In Moscow, vehicles below the Euro-3 emissions standard are restricted from entering the city center. Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Samara Oblast, and Mordovia Republic refused to be included in the research. Airborne pollutants have caused damage to vegetation in many areas of western Donovia. Winds spread these contaminants across northern Europe, where the pollutants have caused widespread destruction of Scandinavian forests.