This timeline of largest
projects in the
Russian economy includes both
megaprojects, costing over $1 billion, and other large projects, typically costing between $100 million and $1 billion. Projects with investments below $100 million also may be included here, either as parts of larger projects, or in case of major international significance and media coverage. In case of projects involving new
vehicle models, the cost of development is taken into account as well as the cost of production.
The projects are arranged by the actual or expected date of full completion, or completion of their first stage. Megaprojects are listed in bold, while planned projects are listed in italics.
Project areas
Airports: new
international airports, large expansions and reconstructions of airports (millions of passengers per year capacity)
Oil and gas: major projects in
natural gas industry (over 100 bln cubic metres of recoverable gas) and
oil production (over 100 mln tonnes of recoverable oil)
Kamov Ka-50attack helicopter[6] (August) Done (the first
helicopter with ejection seat; the date of adoption for service is given while the first flights were made in the 1980s; later Ka-50 was modified to the two-seat variant,
Kamov Ka-52, and the production fully switched to the latter model)
Tupolev Tu-204 medium range
airliner[8] (February) Done (the date of the start of passenger operations is given)
1997
Moscow Ring Road reconstruction[9] Done (the highest-traffic
beltway of
Moscow along the border of the city; while originally built in 1960s, in 1994-97 the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes and turned into
freeway)
Tolmachevo International Airport expansion (
Novosibirsk)[10] Done (currently the 6th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of expansion is given; further expansions were made in 2000s)
Irganai Dam[14] Done (the largest derivational HPS in Russia; the date of the first powerblock installation is given; construction proceeds)
Khabarovsk Bridge reconstruction and doubling[15] (June) Done (with a length of 2.600 kilometres, and 3.890,5 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the sixth longest bridge in Russia; the second stage of the new railway bridge was completed in November 2009)
Sea Launch[17] (March) Done (International cooperation with major Russian role in technology; Russia controls the reorganized project from 2010 on)
Sakhalin-II (oil and gas)[18] (July) Done (international project in Russian
EEZ; the largest integrated oil and gas project in the world, involving the usage of the first ever offshore
oil rig in Russia; the date of the start of oil production is given)
2000
Surgut Bridge[19] (September) Done (the longest span for a single-tower
cable-stayed bridge in the world; with a length of 2.110 kilometres, and a span of 408 metres, it is the 12th longest bridge in Russia)
New Saratov Bridge[20] (December) Done (with a length of 1.315,9 kilometres, and 12.760 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the third longest bridge in Russia; the second stage was completed in October 2009)
Baltic Pipeline System (oil)[24] (December) Done (In April 2006 the Baltic Pipeline System reached full design capacity)
Primorsk Oil Port[25] (December) Done (the date of the 1st stage opening is given; the 2nd and the 3rd oil terminals were opened in 2004 and 2006)
Ust-Luga Sea Port[26] (December) Done (the date of the 1st coal terminal opening is given; more terminals were opened in 2000s, construction proceeds)
2002
GM-AvtoVAZ car plant[27] (September) Done (joint venture between
General Motors and
AvtoVAZ; the date of the start of serial production is given)
Luzhniki Metro Bridge reconstruction[28] (December) Done (contains the station
Vorobyovy Gory (Moscow Metro), the world's first metro staion on a bridge; originally built in 1958, it then decayed and was almost totally rebuilt in 1997-2002)
Lefortovo tunnel[36] (December) Done (at 3.2 km long, it is the longest urban tunnel in Russia, and the third-longest in Europe; the last completed part of the
Third Ring Road)
Domodedovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Moscow)[37] (December) Done (currently the largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; the number of passengers expanded from 12.1 mln in 2004 to 18.7 mln in 2009)
Vnukovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Moscow)[39] (April) Done (currently the third largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; additional passenger terminals were opened in 2006 and 2010)
Yemelyanovo Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Krasnoyarsk)[42] Done (currently the 14th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; another major expansion was made in 2008)
Kazan Metro[43] (August) Done (the first line; construction of additional stations proceeds)
Sakhalin-I (oil and gas)[44] (October) Done (international project in Russian
EEZ; the date of the start of oil production is given)
Blue Stream gas pipeline[45] (November) Done (actually the first gas flows from Russia to Turkey started in February 2003)
RT (TV network)[46] (December) Done (global multilingual television news network based in Russia, the first all-digital Russian TV network)
Aeroexpress[47] (December) Done (the first and largest air rail link operator in Russia; first aeroexpress line actually built in 2002)
Koltsovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Yekaterinburg)[48] (December) Done (currently the 5th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; further expansions were made in 2007 and 2009)
Sheremetyevo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Moscow)[57] (March) Done (currently the second largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; another new passenger terminal was opened in November 2009)
Lada Priora[58] (March) Done (
economy car, the newest car model family from
AvtoVAZ; the date of the start of serial production is given)
Khrabrovo Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Kaliningrad)[61] (August) Done (currently the 9th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given)
North-Western Tunnel in
Moscow[65] (December) Done (a road and subway tunnel; at 3.1 km long, it is the second longest urban tunnel in Russia, and the fourth-longest in Europe)
Antonov An-148regional jet[69] (June) Done (
Ukrainian-
Russian plane, designed mostly in Ukraine, produced mostly in Russia and from Russian-made details; the date of introduction into service is given)
Volgograd Bridge[74] (October) Done (with a length of 1.260 kilometres, and 7.100 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the fourth longest bridge in Russia; construction of the second stage proceeds)
New Ulyanovsk Bridge[75] (November) Done (with a length of 5.85 kilometres, and 12.98 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the second longest bridge in Russia and the longest bridge in Europe; the first stage is complete)
Amur Highway[83] (September) Done (at 2,100-kilometers, it is the longest
highway in the world, connecting the paved roads of Siberia with those of the
Russian Far East)
Big Obukhovsky Bridge[93] Done (with a length of 2.8241 kilometres, and a span of 382 metres, it is the 7th longest bridge in Russia and one of the largest
cable-stayed bridges globally; the only non-
drawbridge over the
Neva River; the first stage completed in December 2004, the second one in October 2007)
Locomoskayner[101] (
disc-shaped
hybrid airship; the expected date of production of the first large-size aircraft is given; smaller non-serial models have been built already; project is supported by
Ulyanovsk Oblast)
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line[108] Done (525 km long, one of the northernmost railways in the world; opened 12th January 2010)
Yuribey Bridge[109] Done (with a 3.9 kilometer of length, it is the 5th longest bridge in Russia and the world's longest bridge north of the
Polar Circle)
Pulkovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Saint Petersburg)[120] (currently the fourth largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the expected completion date of the first stage of expansion is given)
Fobos-Gruntsample return mission[139] (August) (a mission to
Fobos, one of the moons of
Mars; the first Russian planetary science mission since
Mars 96 and the first large-scale extraterrestrial sample return mission since 1976; the expected date of the return vehicle landing back on Earth is given)
Marine Facade of
Saint Petersburg[145] (the largest European waterfront development project, involving the inwashing of 476 hectares of new territories)
New Sea Passenger port[146] Done (the 1st stage of the port was opened in September 2008; construction proceeds)
Transport Terminal[165] (will provide access to the
Aeroexpress lines and the
Moscow Metro stations, as well as include offices, hotels, a clinic, and parking; scheduled to be completed in 2016)
This timeline of largest
projects in the
Russian economy includes both
megaprojects, costing over $1 billion, and other large projects, typically costing between $100 million and $1 billion. Projects with investments below $100 million also may be included here, either as parts of larger projects, or in case of major international significance and media coverage. In case of projects involving new
vehicle models, the cost of development is taken into account as well as the cost of production.
The projects are arranged by the actual or expected date of full completion, or completion of their first stage. Megaprojects are listed in bold, while planned projects are listed in italics.
Project areas
Airports: new
international airports, large expansions and reconstructions of airports (millions of passengers per year capacity)
Oil and gas: major projects in
natural gas industry (over 100 bln cubic metres of recoverable gas) and
oil production (over 100 mln tonnes of recoverable oil)
Kamov Ka-50attack helicopter[6] (August) Done (the first
helicopter with ejection seat; the date of adoption for service is given while the first flights were made in the 1980s; later Ka-50 was modified to the two-seat variant,
Kamov Ka-52, and the production fully switched to the latter model)
Tupolev Tu-204 medium range
airliner[8] (February) Done (the date of the start of passenger operations is given)
1997
Moscow Ring Road reconstruction[9] Done (the highest-traffic
beltway of
Moscow along the border of the city; while originally built in 1960s, in 1994-97 the road was widened from the initial four to ten lanes and turned into
freeway)
Tolmachevo International Airport expansion (
Novosibirsk)[10] Done (currently the 6th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of expansion is given; further expansions were made in 2000s)
Irganai Dam[14] Done (the largest derivational HPS in Russia; the date of the first powerblock installation is given; construction proceeds)
Khabarovsk Bridge reconstruction and doubling[15] (June) Done (with a length of 2.600 kilometres, and 3.890,5 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the sixth longest bridge in Russia; the second stage of the new railway bridge was completed in November 2009)
Sea Launch[17] (March) Done (International cooperation with major Russian role in technology; Russia controls the reorganized project from 2010 on)
Sakhalin-II (oil and gas)[18] (July) Done (international project in Russian
EEZ; the largest integrated oil and gas project in the world, involving the usage of the first ever offshore
oil rig in Russia; the date of the start of oil production is given)
2000
Surgut Bridge[19] (September) Done (the longest span for a single-tower
cable-stayed bridge in the world; with a length of 2.110 kilometres, and a span of 408 metres, it is the 12th longest bridge in Russia)
New Saratov Bridge[20] (December) Done (with a length of 1.315,9 kilometres, and 12.760 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the third longest bridge in Russia; the second stage was completed in October 2009)
Baltic Pipeline System (oil)[24] (December) Done (In April 2006 the Baltic Pipeline System reached full design capacity)
Primorsk Oil Port[25] (December) Done (the date of the 1st stage opening is given; the 2nd and the 3rd oil terminals were opened in 2004 and 2006)
Ust-Luga Sea Port[26] (December) Done (the date of the 1st coal terminal opening is given; more terminals were opened in 2000s, construction proceeds)
2002
GM-AvtoVAZ car plant[27] (September) Done (joint venture between
General Motors and
AvtoVAZ; the date of the start of serial production is given)
Luzhniki Metro Bridge reconstruction[28] (December) Done (contains the station
Vorobyovy Gory (Moscow Metro), the world's first metro staion on a bridge; originally built in 1958, it then decayed and was almost totally rebuilt in 1997-2002)
Lefortovo tunnel[36] (December) Done (at 3.2 km long, it is the longest urban tunnel in Russia, and the third-longest in Europe; the last completed part of the
Third Ring Road)
Domodedovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Moscow)[37] (December) Done (currently the largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; the number of passengers expanded from 12.1 mln in 2004 to 18.7 mln in 2009)
Vnukovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Moscow)[39] (April) Done (currently the third largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; additional passenger terminals were opened in 2006 and 2010)
Yemelyanovo Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Krasnoyarsk)[42] Done (currently the 14th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; another major expansion was made in 2008)
Kazan Metro[43] (August) Done (the first line; construction of additional stations proceeds)
Sakhalin-I (oil and gas)[44] (October) Done (international project in Russian
EEZ; the date of the start of oil production is given)
Blue Stream gas pipeline[45] (November) Done (actually the first gas flows from Russia to Turkey started in February 2003)
RT (TV network)[46] (December) Done (global multilingual television news network based in Russia, the first all-digital Russian TV network)
Aeroexpress[47] (December) Done (the first and largest air rail link operator in Russia; first aeroexpress line actually built in 2002)
Koltsovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Yekaterinburg)[48] (December) Done (currently the 5th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; further expansions were made in 2007 and 2009)
Sheremetyevo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Moscow)[57] (March) Done (currently the second largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given; another new passenger terminal was opened in November 2009)
Lada Priora[58] (March) Done (
economy car, the newest car model family from
AvtoVAZ; the date of the start of serial production is given)
Khrabrovo Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Kaliningrad)[61] (August) Done (currently the 9th largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the completion date of the first stage of reconstruction is given)
North-Western Tunnel in
Moscow[65] (December) Done (a road and subway tunnel; at 3.1 km long, it is the second longest urban tunnel in Russia, and the fourth-longest in Europe)
Antonov An-148regional jet[69] (June) Done (
Ukrainian-
Russian plane, designed mostly in Ukraine, produced mostly in Russia and from Russian-made details; the date of introduction into service is given)
Volgograd Bridge[74] (October) Done (with a length of 1.260 kilometres, and 7.100 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the fourth longest bridge in Russia; construction of the second stage proceeds)
New Ulyanovsk Bridge[75] (November) Done (with a length of 5.85 kilometres, and 12.98 kilometres if the high-way is taken into account, it is the second longest bridge in Russia and the longest bridge in Europe; the first stage is complete)
Amur Highway[83] (September) Done (at 2,100-kilometers, it is the longest
highway in the world, connecting the paved roads of Siberia with those of the
Russian Far East)
Big Obukhovsky Bridge[93] Done (with a length of 2.8241 kilometres, and a span of 382 metres, it is the 7th longest bridge in Russia and one of the largest
cable-stayed bridges globally; the only non-
drawbridge over the
Neva River; the first stage completed in December 2004, the second one in October 2007)
Locomoskayner[101] (
disc-shaped
hybrid airship; the expected date of production of the first large-size aircraft is given; smaller non-serial models have been built already; project is supported by
Ulyanovsk Oblast)
Obskaya–Bovanenkovo Line[108] Done (525 km long, one of the northernmost railways in the world; opened 12th January 2010)
Yuribey Bridge[109] Done (with a 3.9 kilometer of length, it is the 5th longest bridge in Russia and the world's longest bridge north of the
Polar Circle)
Pulkovo International Airport reconstruction and expansion (
Saint Petersburg)[120] (currently the fourth largest airport in Russia by passenger traffic; the expected completion date of the first stage of expansion is given)
Fobos-Gruntsample return mission[139] (August) (a mission to
Fobos, one of the moons of
Mars; the first Russian planetary science mission since
Mars 96 and the first large-scale extraterrestrial sample return mission since 1976; the expected date of the return vehicle landing back on Earth is given)
Marine Facade of
Saint Petersburg[145] (the largest European waterfront development project, involving the inwashing of 476 hectares of new territories)
New Sea Passenger port[146] Done (the 1st stage of the port was opened in September 2008; construction proceeds)
Transport Terminal[165] (will provide access to the
Aeroexpress lines and the
Moscow Metro stations, as well as include offices, hotels, a clinic, and parking; scheduled to be completed in 2016)