ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНЫЙ ТРАНСПОРТ ЗАПАДНОЙ СИБИРИ В ДЕЛЕ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВИЕМ ВООРУЖЕННЫХ СИЛ И НАСЕЛЕНИЯ КРУПНЫХ ГОРОДОВ ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЙ РОССИИ В ГОДЫ ПЕРВОЙ МИРОВОЙ ВОЙНЫ

Abstract

The article deals with issues of the process of railway transport functioning in Western Siberia during World War I and its role in the transportation of food for the armed forces and the population of large industrial centers of European Russia. The potential of railway transport in the region in the period under review is characterized. The stages of using the regional railway transport for the delivery of goods for military needs are identified. The reasons for the crisis in railway transport and its consequences for the supply of food to the military and civilian population are analyzed.