1 9 6 4 , ▁“ On ▁Me asures ▁to ▁Acc eler ate ▁the ▁Development ▁of ▁the ▁Sak hal in ▁O blast ▁Product ive ▁Forces ” ▁was ▁adopted ▁by ▁the ▁Central ▁Committee ▁of ▁the ▁C PS U ▁and ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁Minister s ▁of ▁the ▁USS R , ▁and ▁it ▁included ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁Van ino - K holm sk ▁train ▁fer ry . ▁ ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁the ▁Sak hal in - 1 ▁ice bre aking ▁fer ry , ▁coming ▁its ▁course ▁from ▁the ▁Balt ic , ▁under ▁the ▁command ▁of ▁Captain ▁V . ▁S . ▁By l k ova , ▁dropped ▁off ▁at ▁the ▁K holm sk ▁port . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 9 7 3 , ▁the ▁Van ino - K holm sk ▁train ▁fer ry ▁service ▁was ▁solemn ly ▁opened . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁commission ing ▁of ▁this ▁fer ry , ▁a ▁qual it atively ▁new ▁stage ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁transport ▁and ▁economic ▁relations ▁of ▁the ▁Sak hal in ▁and ▁the ▁entire ▁Russian ▁Far ▁Eastern ▁region ▁began . ▁The ▁transport ation ▁amount ▁was ▁increased , ▁so ▁ 6 ▁million ▁tons ▁of ▁cargo ▁and ▁over ▁ 3 0 0 ▁thousand ▁passengers ▁were ▁transport ed . ▁In ▁the ▁most ▁inten se ▁for ▁the ▁crossing ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁up ▁to ▁ 8 ▁fer ries ▁simultaneously ▁operated ▁on ▁the ▁line . ▁ ▁The ▁general ▁crisis ▁of