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	Trans-Siberian Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Trans-Siberian Railway or Trans-Siberian Railroad (Транссибирская магистраль, Транссиб in Russian, or Transsibirskaya magistral', Transsib) is a network of railways connecting Moscow and European Russia with the Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan
		Thus there is potential for growth, and the Russian Ministry of Transport plans to increase the number of containers shipped on the railway to 100,000 by the year 2005 and satisfy the passage and cargo needs of 120 trains per day.
		The main route, the Trans-Siberian, runs from Moscow to Vladivostok via southern Siberia and was built between 1891 and 1916.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trans-Siberian_railway (1247 words)

	Trans-Siberian railroad - historical review
		In 1909, the Siberian road on the distance of 3274 km became a two-track railway.
		During the construction of Circum-Baikal railway (230 km) about 50 protection galleries against landslides were built, 39 tunnels were made, 14 km of support walls were build (most of them with concrete and hydraulic mixture).
		Alexander the Third praised the beginning of construction works on the Ussiriyski distance of the Siberian railroad and thought it was one of the most important events in the history of Russian Empire.
	www.geocities.com /MotorCity/Speedway/4283/dates.htm (2570 words)

	Baikal Explorer - Trans Siberian railway
		The question of the construction of the railway was often raised by Siberian governor-generals, merchants and industrial workers, especially after annexation the Amur river to Russia in 1868 and opening ports in the Pacific Ocean.
		The construction of the Siberian railway - the Great Siberian Way - is the second discovery of Siberia after Cossacks.
		A lot of coal deposits were opened along the railway during the construction of the line.
	www.baikalex.com /info/tsrw.html (517 words)

	Trans-Siberian Railway - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Trans-Siberian Railway
		The greater part of the Trans-Siberian Railway was completed in record time in the period 1891–99.
		The Trans-Mongolian Railway branches off at Lake Baikal and travels via the Mongolian capital Ulan-Bator to Beijing.
		The world's longest single-service railway, connecting the cities of European Russia with Omsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, and Khabarovsk, and terminating at Nakhodka on the Pacific coast east of Vladivostok.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Trans-Siberian+Railway (244 words)

	The Trans-Siberian: introduction -- WayToRussia.Net
		The original Russian name for this railway is "The Great Siberian Way", the name "Trans-Siberian" was given to this route by the West, and became very wide-spread.
		(1) The Trans Siberian is the most important and the longest railway on the Earth, and it is a good thing to do if you pass it at least once in your life.
		Question (12/06/03): "If I want to travel with trans-siberian railway from Moscow to Vlodivostok, but I want to make one- or two-days stops in some places, then do I need to buy separate tickets from one place to the other, or is it possible to travel with one (Moscow-Vlodivostock) ticket?
	www.waytorussia.net /TransSiberian/Intro.html (1924 words)

	:: Eva-Maria Stolberg Siberia — Russia’s Wild East. :: Освоение Сибири :: «Сибирская Заимка» — история Сибири в научных публикациях
		The ’Siberian experiment’ started with the building of the Transsiberian Railroad and it was interrupted by the October Revolution.
		On the occasion of the world exhibition in Paris in 1900, Imperial Russia presented in her pavilion the feats of the Siberian development — a portrait of the railroad and the booming frontier towns.
		Again and again, in the Russian and Siberian discourse the colonization of the ’Wild East’ was compared with that of the ’Wild West’[41].
	www.zaimka.ru /to_sun/stolberg1.shtml (5674 words)

	Trans-Siberia: a rail journey from Vladivostok to Moscow. 2005. ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corp)
		Ten years ago, the Siberian tiger was facing extinction at the hands of poachers keen to make money after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
		He and his wife are the devoted carers of two Siberian or Amur tigers, a female called Nyurka and a male called Kucher.
		We're on board the pride of the Russian railway - train No 1, the Rossiya - there are 13 carriages carrying up to 300 people.
	www.abc.net.au /news/specials/transsiberia (8885 words)

	JTA Special Section: Along the Trans-Siberian Railway
		Along the Trans-Siberian Railroad - Siberian Jews are finally discovering their Jewish roots 12 years after the fall of the Soviet Union.
		A tale of Siberian matzah - Throughout Russia, the arrival of Passover and matzah is an annual reminder of religious freedoms enjoyed by Russian Jews since communism’s collapse 13 years ago.
		Reform Judaism struggles in Siberian city - If the World Union for Progressive Judaism holds up the Siberian city of Tuymen as its model community in Russia, then Omsk represents a failure for the Reform group.
	www.jta.org /page_siberia.asp (822 words)

	The Trans-Siberian Railway - Siberia, Russia
		Until 1904, passengers on the Trans-Siberian Railway crossed the lake on ferries, which were built in England and transported to Lake Baikal and assembled on site.
		Before the railway was built, there was only one way for the convicts, on their way to the labour camps, the colonists and adventurers to cross this region, and that was along a rough road known as the Post Road or Tract.
		The railway was built mainly without mechanical help by men with nothing more than wooden shovels but even then, on a good day, they would lay up to two and a half miles of track per day.
	www.aboutmytravel.com /main.php3?action=displayarticle&artid=158 (4984 words)

	Trans-Siberian railway traverses vast realm
		A railway was viewed as the most practical means of penetrating and harnessing the great riches of the lands beyond the Ural Mountains, a natural demarcation between Europe and Asia.
		They reside on the "Great Railway Bazaar," a rolling stock of stock, to peddle goods across frontiers and make good on the wave of capitalism sweeping across these remote lands.
		KRASNOYARSK STATION, Siberia (2,540 miles from Moscow) -- I t doesn't matter that a cool Siberian rain is falling.
	www.post-gazette.com /travel/20030824siberiatr5.asp (2521 words)

	The Trans Siberian Railway - Private Train Journeys
		For those who travel for the pleasure of the journey and believe that getting there is as much fun as being there, Russia's Trans Siberian Railway has long been considered the best of the best journeys.
		For most of its history, the Trans Siberian journey has been an experience of almost continuous movement, seven days or more of unabated train travel through the vast expanse of Russia and a great part of the pleasure of such a trip is simply sitting back and watching the land go by.
		The Trans Siberian is the longest continuous rail line on earth with each run clattering along in an epic journey of close to 6000 mi/10000 km traversing over one-third of the globe.
	bestway.com /Trans_Siberian.html (695 words)

	Russia / Exploring Siberia / The Trans-Siberian Railway
		Trans Siberian Railway enthusiasts should try to make it for a visit in 1998, when the city has planned a celebration commemorating the inauguration of the rail line.
		Travel along the Trans-Siberian Railway is usually undertaken from west to east, though it is quite possible to go in the opposite direction.
		The Trans-Siberian's first major stop in Asian Russia is the major industrial city and transport hub of Ekaterinburg.
	www.geographia.com /russia/trasib01.htm (1414 words)

	BBC NEWS Europe Time out on a Trans-Siberian train
		She is knocking ice off the couplings of a railway carriage, part of a long passenger train stopped at a Siberian station.
		On the railways since 1975, Marina looks after the passengers of her sleeping car as they traverse the country.
		Russian railways are now trying to leave behind them the Soviet era that Alexander and many of his colleagues still recall.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3335037.stm (942 words)

	TRANSPORTATION OVERVIEW IN THE KHABAROVSK KRAI REGION OF RUSSIA
		For decades, the Trans-Siberian railway has been the most attractive mode of increasing the transportation from the Pacific Basin to the CIS and western regions of Russia.
		This report summarizes the status of different transportation modes in Khabarovsk (railways and trucking, as well as air, sea and river transport) and identifies proposed investment projects in transportation that may be of interest to potential American investors.
		FERC is not only in charge of the railway services but is also considered to be a primary social, demographic and strategic support for the region as it links remote mining enterprises and forestry complexes with the rest of Russia.
	www.bisnis.doc.gov /bisnis/isa/010202KhabTransp.htm (3011 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Tennis / Steady Sharapova a smashing success
		The Trans-Siberian Railway doesn't have a stop in southwest London, but Sharapova has arrived at Centre Court, nonetheless.
		But now, 17-year-old Maria Sharapova, the Siberian Siren, has appeared on a rectangular section of the world stage, and maybe the folks back home will name a city Mariamsk.
		With bells on -- out of Nyagan, Siberia, via Sochi on the Black Sea and Bradenton, Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico, shaking a gut-strung cudgel, and menacingly shaking up a tennis tournament called Wimbledon.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/tennis/articles/2004/07/02/steady_sharapova_a_smashing_success (449 words)

	Sergei Witte
		He encouraged the expansion of the Trans-Siberian Railway and organized the construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway.
		A successful railway executive, Witte entered the Russian government in 1889 when he was appointed as Director of the Department of Railway Affairs.
		Witte combined his experience in the railway industry with a strong interest in foreign policy.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /RUSwitte.htm (1237 words)

	Trans-Siberian Railway
		Any travel agency specializing in Russian travel should be able to book Trans-Siberian tickets; however, make sure that the agency will also arrange your railway transit visa as part of the package.
		The price for a one-way ticket (Moscow-Vladivostok) in 1998 was $322, first class (it is apparently worth the extra money to go first class).
	www.sandia.gov /ASC/russia/tsrailway.html (432 words)

	Blue Doggie - The Trans-Siberian Railway
		Our Trans-Siberian Railway experience took us 5,300 miles (equivalent to crossing the USA more than twice) on a train across Russia, into Siberia and through Mongolia to China.
		Take a look at what life was like as we traveled the Trans-Siberian Railway and the people we met, click on the gallery slide to the left.
		The train was half the experience; can't say you have really traveled until you play the game, "Guess what dead smelly meat the companions in your sleeper will bring in next from the train platform in some obscure Siberian town".
	www.bluedoggy.com /transsib.htm (681 words)

	SibTourGuide.com - Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia guided tours, accommodation
		When it was built at the end of 19th century, it was the largest railway bridge in Asia and was awarded on Paris Exhibition in the same time with the Eifel Tower.
		Being such a melting pot of different cultures and nationalities, "Siberian character" is a common term for being friendly, strong, tolerate, hospitable and open.
		The railway crosses the river by one of the most famous bridges in Asia.
	www.sibtourguide.com (848 words)

	Pravda.RU Railway Traffic Resumed At Trans-Siberian Railway Mainline
		Railway traffic has been fully resumed at the Nizhneudinsk station of the Trans-Siberian railway mainline where five railway cars and a section of the mail and baggage train locomotive got off the rail on the night of June 9-10.
		The final aim of the railway transport structural reform is to set up a federal company in charge of carriages, deputy railway minister Sergei Gapeyev told RIA Novosti on Monday.
		Leonid Drachevsky, Russian president's representative in the Siberian federal district, pointed to the significance of the fourth international show of military hardware, technologies and armaments for the land forces held in Omsk (a regional centre in Western Siberia), VTTV-Omsk-2001 for short.
	newsfromrussia.com /economics/2001/06/11/7473.html (1541 words)

	Rosie crosses Siberia 1993
		As we passed through Zagorsk railway station we could see the magnificent gold domes of churches and at about 1830 hours (MT), we crossed the Volga river.
		On Vladivostok railway station there were hordes of Koreans, in navy-blue-serge 'business' suits, all squatting and smoking cigarettes, waiting for their train!
		At Buy railway station, a statue of Lenin was originally gold-painted.
	www.eyemead.com /siberia.htm (2569 words)

	Trans-Siberian railway - History
		• Encyclopedia of railway transport of USSR, Moscow, 1994
		Family-tree of railway lines / Steam locomotive IS. It shows formations, renamings, mergings and liquidations railway line of Russian Empire, USSR and all the post-soviet states.
		USSR railways in the middle of the 20th century / Alexander Elagin.
	www.transsib.ru /Eng/history.htm (559 words)

	The Faberge Eggs: An Illustrated Overview
		Engraved in silver across the egg is a map of the route of the Trans-Siberian railway, which ran from St. Petersburg to Vladivostock.
		There were eggs to commemorate the coronation of Czar Nicholas II, the completion of the Trans Siberian Railway, and anniversaries.
		The surprise concealed within is a miniature replica of the Trans- Siberian Express in three sections, the engine and tender in platinum and gold, and five coaches in gold.
	users.vnet.net /schulman/Faberge/eggs.html (1818 words)

	Independent Travel on the Trans-
		In addition to the Trans Siberian, which crosses this continent from Moscow to Vladivostok, there are also two other trains traversing Siberia.
		The legend of the Trans Siberian - the world's longest train journey - has lured people to undertake this mammoth trip ever since its inception in the late 19th Century.
		The Trans Mongolian travels between Moscow and Beijing via Ulan Bator whilst the Trans Manchurian connects these two capitals via Zabaikalsk.
	www.intourus.demon.co.uk /ittran1.htm (86 words)

	American Troops in Northern Russia and Siberia
		Three of the Allies; the US, Japan, and China were given a sector of the Trans-Siberian railroad to guard.
		The Inter-Allied Railway Agreement was the result of chaotic conditions along the railway and tensions caused by the Allied Intervention and the civil war, not to mention the Czech control over a large portion of the railway.
		The commission was composed of representatives from each allied government participating in the Siberian intervention and headed by John Stevens.
	www.militaria.com /8th/WW1/siberia.html (1730 words)

	History House: Starvin' the Peasants
		An undertaking whose significance rivalled the construction of the Panama canal and the discovery of the New World, the Trans-Siberian railway was a truly visionary project.
		At the time of the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russian oil companies announced that the only way they could tell if the Siberian pipeline was leaking was if oil stopped coming out of one end.
		Having no doubt worked on a robust don't-hang-the-messenger speech, the advisor handed the minister a report and summarized it, "The most terrible specter of famine is advancing on Russia." Surprisingly, four years of taking the peasants for all they were worth seemed to have left them a bit short of food.
	www.historyhouse.com /in_history/russia_famine (1537 words)

	THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY
		Doubtless many of these men will remain railway servants all of their lives, for even when the road is completed there will be needed an army of laborers for its maintenance, those required merely to clear away snowdrifts during several months in the year forming no inconsiderable number.
		When riding in a railway carriage, one's mind is apt to stray very seldom to the track, unless it be disagreeably so, when forced by the jolts and jars.
		Other firms are competing for contracts in bridges for the Chinese railways, and exportations of the same kind are expected to be made in token of the contemplated African railways.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/stsib.Html (4274 words)

	- Trans-Siberian Railway All-Electric
		News media had it on 24 December that the Trans-Siberian Railway was opened for through electric trains featuring a cl. WL80 (or a look-alike) twin unit during the celebrations.
		Because of the fragmentation of the railway following the botched privatisation, a totally out of control and unaccountable Health and Safety bureacracy imposing gold plated safety rules, and complete lack of cost management on behalf of Network Rail, all infrastructure projects are now costing three or four times what they should.
		I think Ashford to Hastings has fallen victim to "Boiling Frog Syndrome", in that the likely cost has risen to the point that it's no longer viable.
	www.trainnet.org /dcforum/DCForumID26/77.html (422 words)

	The Trans-Siberian Railway
		The construction of the line, around the turn of the century, coincided with the "Golden Age" of the picture postcard, and many different views of the Trans-Siberian Railway were published between about 1900 and 1918.
		This book will appeal to anyone with an interest in the early years of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
		Publishers in Russia and abroad produced cards to satisfy the demand from travellers on the railway (many of them going to and from the Far East) and also for sale to the many postcard collectors of that time.
	www.rossica.org /Bookshop/book0001.html (230 words)

	Trans-Siberian Railway - Wikitravel
		The Trans-Siberian Railway is the name given to the three rail routes that traverse Siberia from Moscow.
		The Trans-Siberian proper goes from Moscow to the Pacific terminus of Vladivostok.
		Station numbers are used internally in the Russian railway computer system, but they are usually printed on the tickets as well.
	wikitravel.org /en/Trans-Siberian_Railway (922 words)

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