History of Trans-siberian

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The Trans-Siberian railway is the the longest railway in the world  with more then 10000 km, which goes through the whole Russia (from the russian capital, Moscow until the far east city of Vladivostok.

This amazing line was built during the last century and serves to connect major cities and regions of Siberia and the Extreme Orient to european cities of Russia, The track passes through major cities of Russia like Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok .

The construction of the Trans-Siberian railway began after an order of Tsar Alexander III. It was painful construction that has lasted many years.

In the central regions of Russia they began to build the track in 1837. But it’s only in 1870 that the line has reached the Urals city Yekaterinburg.

In 1890 has laid on the bridge over the river Urals and the railroad finally arrived to Asia. The bridge over the River Ob was built 1898 years and the former Novonikolaievsk, founded in 1883 would experience a rapid growth with the advent of the Trans-Siberian railway line, now Novosibirsk is a major centre of Siberia.

In 1898 , the first train arrived a Irkutsk, located 70 km from Lake Baikal. The track is gone farther to the east, through rivers and Chilko love to reach the city Khabarovsk. The spur Khabarovsk-Vladivostok was built earlier years to 1897