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Tram accidents in the Soviet urban everyday life of the 1920s

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Title:	Tram accidents in the Soviet urban everyday life of the 1920s
Authors:	Ilya V. Sidorchuk
Source:	Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия. Серия: История. Международные отношения, Vol 25, Iss 2, Pp 173-180 (2025)
Publisher Information:	Saratov State University, 2025.
Publication Year:	2025
Subject Terms:	soviet society, the history of everyday life, science and technology studies, urban history, the tram, D1-2009, the history of transport, History (General), the social history of technology
Description:	The article shows the scale of the problem of tram accidents in early Soviet cities, identifies its causes, proposed and implemented measures to eliminate them, and assesses their effectiveness. The main factors of the disasters were disregard for safety rules, mistakes of the tram drivers, asmall number of tramcars and their poor quality. Despite a number of measures taken, the issue ofcreating asafe urban transport system could not be resolved in the unstable economic and social conditions of the 1920s.
Document Type:	Article
ISSN:	2542-1913 1819-4907
DOI:	10.18500/1819-4907-2025-25-2-173-180
Access URL:	https://doaj.org/article/7e85a768dd9d42629ef2a2a3f196ca9f
Accession Number:	edsair.doi.dedup.....94d01486225c0f35d75ef8fefb338719
Database:	OpenAIRE

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Abstract:	The article shows the scale of the problem of tram accidents in early Soviet cities, identifies its causes, proposed and implemented measures to eliminate them, and assesses their effectiveness. The main factors of the disasters were disregard for safety rules, mistakes of the tram drivers, asmall number of tramcars and their poor quality. Despite a number of measures taken, the issue ofcreating asafe urban transport system could not be resolved in the unstable economic and social conditions of the 1920s.
ISSN:	25421913 18194907
DOI:	10.18500/1819-4907-2025-25-2-173-180