The Trans-Siberian Railroad or, as people used to call it, the Great Siberian Way, runs through two continents connecting the European part of Russia with Siberia and the Far East. Like a steel axis, our planet’s longest railroad binds entire Russia, a country that spans through 10 time zones. Yet, the Trans-Siberian is not only the main transportation artery of the country, it has long since become a tourist magnet.
The railroad was built unusually quickly: construction only took from 1891 to 1904. The rail runs across 21 of Russia’s regions, crosses 16 great rivers, among them the Volga, Kama, Tobol, Irtysh, Ob, Yenisei, Selenga, Zeya, Bureya, Khor, and Ussuri. The longest bridge of the railway spans 2 kilometers (about 1.25 miles) over the river Amur in the Russian Far East.
The world’s only train station built entirely of marble is among the many places of interest on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. It is located in a small Siberian town Sludyanka, at the southernmost point of the lake Baikal.
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