Trans-siberian

The Trans-Siberian Railway was completed in 1916.

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world.

The Trans-Siberian Railway connects Moscow and Vladivostok.

Ekaterinburg is connected by rail with Cheliabinsk, on the Trans-Siberian line. In the vicinity are the gold-mines of Niviansk and Beresov.

The Chinese Eastern Railway Company was formed by the bank under this agreement, to construct and work the line, and surveys were made in 1897, the town of Harbin being founded as headquarters for the work. The line, which affords through communication from Europe by way of the Trans-Siberian system, enters Manchuria near a station of that name in the north-west corner of the country, passes Khailar, and runs south-east, near Tsitsihar, to Harbin.

However, perhaps the most extraordinary railway line was still to come: the Trans-Siberian. Stretching for nearly 6,000 miles and connecting Moscow with Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan, it was completed in 1904, fully 13 years after construction started.