Problems of railway transport through the central soviet newspapers in 1931-1932
The article is devoted to the history of rail transport when the People's Commissariat of Railways was managed by M.L. Rukhimovich and A.A. Andreev. Based on the information, got from the central soviet press, the author analyzes the problems of the railway transport, the evolution of initiatives of People's Commissars and the reaction of journalists to the indiscipline of members of the departments of Railways and ordinary railwaymen. The article discusses the reports of the inspection visits made by the member of the Board NKPS, later the participant of the Commission of Soviet Control R.S. Zemlyachka, the correspondence got from car-repair plants and reports about «narrow places» of the railway industry. The author comes to the conclusion that the Soviet press participated in the campaign of the upcoming resignation of M.L. Rukhimovich. Change of the People's Commissars did not lead to a radical improvement of statistical indicators of efficiency of railway transport.