Secret Siberia (photos©)
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New cities on the BAM
The Trans-Siberian
BAM
AYaAD
Bratsk, 1954
Tynda (1937, 1975)
Komsomolsk-na-Amure (1932)
.        АЯАД – AYaAD, the Amur Yakutsk Automobile Highway,1930-37.  1,157 km long, it links Bolshoi Never on the Trans-Siberian to Yakutsk, and is designated M-56.
·        БАМ – BAM, the Baikal Amur Mainline, 1933-2002.  3101 km from Lena to Komsomolsk-na-Amure, 4304 km from Taishet to Sovetskaya Gavan.