Is BAM 50? Authors Inna Druzhinina Irkutsk National Research Technical University Downloads PDF DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/84.2560 Keywords: western section of BAM, permanent settlement, temporary settlement, new towns, Irkutsk region Abstract Taking into account the results of the analyses of chronology of the BAM track laying, five stages of the main line construction have been defined and graphically represented on the sketch map. Justification was based on the historical context. On the basis of archival materials of museums, open sources and personal recollections of specialists, the author highlights the implemented and unimplemented projects in the towns and villages of BAM in the Irkutsk Oblast. The belonging of some towns and settlements of the first stages of construction to BAM is not always obvious and does not find a worthy place in the chain of events. The article outlines objective reasons and circumstances that influenced it. It also defines urban specificity of settlements of the Soviet period of the western section of BAM. How to Cite Druzhinina, I. (2025). Is BAM 50?. Project Baikal, 22(84), 119–126. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/84.2560 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2025-07-18 Issue No. 84 (2025): flows Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. References Astrakhantseva, V. (2014). Perspective towards the past. Project Baikal, 11(39-40), 218–229. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.39-40.686 BAM– legenda veka [BAM – the legend of the century]. Zeya Museum of Local History. Retrieved January 14, 2025, from http://zeyamuseum.ru/?p=4723 Bokov, А. (2024). Cultural space of Russia. Project Baikal, 21(82), 12–17. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/82.2419 Pryadkin, V. M. (2013). Neizvestnyy BAM [Unknown BAM]. Retrieved April 4, 2025, from https://proza.ru/2013/01/16/347 Transportnyye koridory RZHD [Transport corridors of Russian Railways]. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14, 2025, from https://cargo.rzd.ru/ru/9786/page/103290?id=11154 Zular, Yu. A, (Ed.). (2023). Zapadnyy uchastok BAMa: proshloye, nastoyashcheye i budushcheye: ocherki istorii, geografii, kul’tury: k 50-letiyu Baykalo-Amurskoy magistrali [BAM: Past, Present and Future: Essays on History, Geography, Culture: On the 50th Anniversary of the Baikal-Amur Mainline]. Irkutsk: Izdatel’stvo IGU