Supplies of coal from Sudzenka to Vladivostok in 1904-1905. by CER and Transsib

Abstract

The most important problem of the naval strategy of the late XIX - early XX centuries. was to provide the fleet with fuel. Before the Russo-Japanese War, the Russian fleet in the Pacific was supplied with coal, which was delivered by sea. The continuation of this kind of supply in the event of war seemed impossible. In the spring of 1904, a project arose for the delivery of coal from the Sudzhensky mines of L. A. Mikhelson (Kuzbass) to the ports of the Pacific Ocean. After coordination with other departments, part of the coal ordered by the Maritime Ministry was sent to Vladivostok. However, due to the high cost of its delivery, the workload of the Trans-Siberian and Chinese Eastern Railways by trains with troops and the successful delivery of coal from England by sea to Vladivostok, the delivery of Sudzha coal was stopped after receiving 5% of the total ordered quantity.