据英国《隧道与隧道工程》杂志报导,国际隧道协会于1999年9月在中国成都举行的第16届年会上,正式接纳苏联为国际隧道协会成员国。苏联虽然在过去曾提出申请加入国际隧道协会,然而,没有被批准,因为苏联没有一个全国性的隧道协会,这是作为国际隧道协会成员国的一个先决条件。现在,苏联已经建立了一个全国性的隧道协会,负责隧道掘进和设备设计专业委员会的弗拉基 According to the British Journal of Tunnels and Tunneling, the International Tunneling Association officially accepted the Soviet Union as a member of the International Tunneling Association at the 16th annual conference held in Chengdu, China in September 1999. Although the Soviet Union applied to join the International Tunneling Association in the past, however, it was not approved because the Soviet Union does not have a national tunneling association as a prerequisite for being a member of the International Tunneling Association. Now the Soviet Union has set up a national tunnel association responsible for tunneling and equipment design professional committee Vladimir