List of trolleybus systems in Russia

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This is a list of trolleybus systems in Russia. It includes all trolleybus systems, past and present.

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[edit] Europe

[edit] Kaliningrad Oblast

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Chernyakhovsk / Черняховск 27 Nov 1936 Jan 1945 Closed because of war damage.
  Kaliningrad / Калининград 15 Oct 1943

5 Nov 1975

 27 January 1945

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[edit] North Russia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Arkhangelsk / Архангельск 14 Oct 1974   Operation suspended October 2006 - December 2007
  Murmansk / Мурманск 11 Feb 1962   World's northernmost trolleybus system.

[edit] European Russia

ZiU-9 trolleybus in Moscow
ZiU-9 trolleybus in Moscow
Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Belgorod / Белгород 3 Dec 1967      
  Bryansk / Брянск 3 Dec 1960    
  Cherepovets / Череповец     Construction started; stopped ca. 1998.
  Ivanovo / Иваново 5 Nov 1962    
  Kaluga / Калуга 30 Mar 1956    
  Kostroma / Кострома 10 Jan 1974    
  Kovrov / Ковров 10 Mar 1975    
  Kursk / Курск 18 Aug 1972    
  Moskva / Москва /Moscow 15 Nov 1933   First trolleybus system in Russia, and in former USSR.
  ♦ Khimki / Химки 24 Jul 1997    
  ♦ Podolsk / Подольск 1 May 2001    
  ♦ Vidnoye / Видное 9 September 2000    
  Lipetsk / Липецк 1 Feb 1972    
  Novgorod / Новгород     Velikiy Novgorod / Великий Новгород (below).
  Oryol / Орёл (Orel) 28 Oct 1968    
  Petrozavodsk / Петрозаводск 5 Sep 1961    
  Ryazan / Рязань 13 Nov 1949    
  Sankt-Peterburg / Санкт-Петербург (St. Petersburg) 21 Oct 1936   Operation suspended Nov 1941 - 1945 because of war.
  ♦ Gatchina / Гатчина     Construction started, no information since 2004.
  ♦ Tosno / Тосно     Reported by one source as under construction. No information since 2002.
  Smolensk / Смоленск 8 Apr 1991    
  Stary Oskol / Старый Оскол     Construction started, not completed.
  Tula / Тула 3 Nov 1962    
  Tver / Тверь 5 May 1967    
  Tambov / Тамбов 6 Nov 1955    
  Velikiy Novgorod / Великий Новгород 3 Dec 1995    
  Vladimir / Владимир 7 Nov 1952    
  Vologda / Вологда 30 Dec 1976    
  Voronezh / Воронеж 6 Nov 1960    
  Yaroslavl / Ярославль 17 Nov 1949    
Freight trolleybus in Saint Petersburg
Freight trolleybus in Saint Petersburg

[edit] Volga Basin

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Almetyevsk / Альметьевск 13 Jan 1976    
  Balakovo / Балаково 18 Nov 1967    
  Berezniki / Березники 14 Mar 1961    
  Cheboksary / Чебоксары 7 Nov 1964    
  ♦ Novocheboksarsk / Новочебоксарск 2 Nov 1979    
  Dzerzhinsk / Дзержинск 15 Apr 1976    
  Izhevsk / Ижевск 6 Nov 1968    
  Kazan / Казань 27 Nov 1948    
  Kirov / Киров 8 Nov 1943    
  Naberezhnye Chelny / Набережные Челны     Reported by one source as under construction. No recent information.
  Nizhny Novgorod / Нижний Новгород 27 Jun 1947    
  Novokuybyshevsk / Новоуйбышевск) 4 Jan 1986    
  Orenburg/Оренбург 1 May 1953    
  Penza / Пенза 4 Nov 1948    
  Perm / Пермь 5 Nov 1960    
  Rybinsk / Рыбинск 14 Dec 1976    
  Samara / Самара 7 Nov 1942    
  ♦ Togliatti / Тольятти (Tolyatti) 21 Jan 1966    
  Saransk / Саранск 29 Jan 1966    
  Saratov / Саратов 6 Nov 1952    
  ♦ Engels / Энгельс 29 Apr 1964    
  Sterlitamak / Стерлитамак 24 Feb 1961    
  Syzran / Сызрань Dec 2002    
  Ufa / Уфа 27 Jan 1962    
  Ulyanovsk / Ульяновск 31 Dec 1973    
  Volgodonsk/ Волгодонск 4 Oct 1977    
  Volgograd / Волгоград 31 Dec 1960    
  ♦ Volzhsky / Волжский     Construction started; stopped 1998.
  Yoshkar-Ola / Йошкар-Ола 1 Feb 1971    

[edit] South Russia

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Armavir / Армавир 16 Jun 1973    
  Astrakhan / Астрахань 5 Nov 1967    
  Cherkessk / Черкесск 19 Dec 1988    
  Grozny / Грозный 31 Dec 1975 Dec 1994 Closed because of war damage. Reconstruction planned.
  Krasnodar / Краснодар 28 Jul 1950    
  Makhachkala / Махачкала 3 Feb 1973    
  Maykop / Майкоп 29 Nov 1974    
  Nalchik / Нальчик 22 Nov 1980    
  Novorossiysk / Новороссийск) 1 Apr 1969    
  Rostov-na-Donu / Ростов-на-Дону /Rostov-on-Don 18 Mar 1936    
  Shakhty / Шахты 30 Sep 1975 Oct 2007  
  Stavropol / Ставрополь 24 Jul 1964    
  Taganrog / Таганрог 25 Dec 1977    
  Vladikavkaz / Владикавказ 1 Feb 1977    

[edit] Asia

[edit] Urals

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Chelyabinsk / Челябинск 22 Nov 1942    
  Kachkanar / Качканар 11 Oct 1972 Dec 1985  
  Kamensk-Uralsky / Каменск-Уральский 1 Nov 1956    
  Miass / Миасс 1 Feb 1985    
  Nizhny Tagil / Нижний Тагил     Reported by only one source as under construction. Other sources state that construction was planned for 1996 but did not start.
  Yekaterinburg / Екатеринбург 17 Oct 1943    

[edit] South Siberia

Trolleybus in Irkutsk
Trolleybus in Irkutsk
Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Abakan / Абакан 31 Dec 1980    
  Barnaul / Барнаул 19 Oct 1973    
  Bratsk / Братск 1 Feb 1975    
  Chita / Чита 30 Dec 1970    
  Irkutsk / Ирутск 6 Nov 1970    
  Kemerovo / Кемерово 25 Sep 1970    
  Krasnoyarsk / Красноярск 5 Nov 1959    
  Kurgan / Курган 24 Nov 1965    
  Leninsk-Kuznetsky / Ленинск-Кузнецкий 11 Jan 1984    
  Novokuznetsk / Новокузнецк) 1 Jan 1978    
  Novosibirsk 11 Nov 1957    
  Omsk / Омск 5 Nov 1955    
  Rubtsovsk / Рубцо́вск 28 Dec 1973    
  Surgut / Сургут     Reported by only one source as under construction. No confirmation, no recent information.
  Tyumen / Тюмень 12 Jun 1970    
  Tomsk / Томск 7 Nov 1967    

[edit] Far East

Name of System Location Date (From) Date (To) Notes
  Blagoveshchensk / Благовещенск 22 Aug 1979    
  Khabarovsk / Хабаровск 17 Jan 1975    
  Vladivostok / Владивосток 29 Jan 1965    

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