By: Alissa Tam and Bridget Durgin

Water Transportation Many Russian rivers run from south to north making their use difficult during the winter. Many Russian rivers run from south to north making their use difficult during the winter. Most ports are covered in snow and ice. Most ports are covered in snow and ice. The traders must transport their goods another 200 miles to reach the nearest part of inland Russia. The traders must transport their goods another 200 miles to reach the nearest part of inland Russia.

Port Cities Russia has two important ports called Kaliningrad and St. Petersburg. Kaliningrad is located on a small island in the Baltic Sea. It’s the only port that stays ice-free the whole year. In the summer they have the choice of keeping their goods on the ships to travel 500 miles to St. Petersburg.

Railroads Railroad travel is the main transportation of Russia. In 1995 Russia had 154,000km of railroads but 26% of them were electrified. Railroad traffic dropped since the beginning of the Russian economic reform, making the economy bad.

Air Transportation The donation of air service of total travel has dropped to 12.5% by The number of passengers flying was less then half the 1990 total. They pay part of air fares and long distance flights between cities accounted for much of the air activity in the early 1990s.

Public Transportation Soviet citizens rely on public transportation Only six Russian cities have underground transportation, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Nizhniy, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, and Samara. A lot of vehicles require expensive repair and modernization.