The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

Vocabulary:

The ministry of transport of Russian Federation	Министерство Транспорта Российской Федерации
To Develop public policies	развивать общественно-государственную политику
Legal regulations	правовые нормы
Inland waterway Transport	водный транспорт внутреннего сообщения
To survey	исследовать, наблюдать
To map	наносить на карту
geographic features	географические особенности
Officials	представители структур, должностные лица
Subordinate agencies	подчиненные организации
to work out	разрабатывать
government policies	правительственная политика
legislative base	законодательная база
rendered to	предоставляемый кому-либо
means	средства

The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation is the Russian ministry responsible for developing public policies and legal regulations regarding commercial aviation, sea transport, inland waterway transport, railroads, road transport, urban metro systems, and commercial transport vehicles. The ministry is also responsible for surveying and mapping and naming geographic features. It is headquartered in Moscow.

The Ministry of Transportation (Russian acronym Mintrans) is a part of the Russian government structure on the level of the Federation. Its responsibility is air, sear, river (fluvial), road and rail transports.

The ministry takes part in working out government policies and legislative base in the sphere of civil aviation, usage of air space, navigation services rendered to users of air space over the Russian Federation, rescue operations using aviation and space means, sea transportation domestic river transportation, railways, automobile, city electric-powered (including underground trains) and industrial transports, as well as the road/rail network.

Subordinate agencies

• Federal Service for Transport Oversight ("Rostransnadzor"). Formed in 2004.

• Federal Air Transport Agency (FATA) ("Rosaviatsia"). Formed in 1964 as Ministry for Civil Air Transport in Soviet Union, responsible for Inspection over the Civil Air Transport. Previous names: Department for Air Transport under the Transportation Ministry (1991-1995), Federal Air Service (1996-1998), Federal Service for Air Transport (1999), State Service for Civil Aviation (2000-2003), Since 2004 is carrying the current name.

• Federal Highway Agency ("Rosavtodor"; Федеральное дорожное агентство, Росавтодор)

• Federal Railway Transport Agency ("Roszheldor"; Федеральное агентство железнодорожного транспорта), formed in 2004 on basic of the previous Railways Ministry which was dissolved.

• Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transport of Russia ("Rosmorrechflot"; Федеральное агентство морского и речного транспорта, Росморречфлот).