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| | | | | | | Trans-Siberian Railroad
| | | | | | | | | Transsib, Trans-Siberian Railroad (modern names) or Great Siberian Way (historical name) is an excellent equipped rail-track through the all continent connecting European Russia, its largest industrial areas and the capital Moscow with its middle (Siberia) and eastern (Far East) areas. This railroad consolidate Russia, which is a country laying through 10 time zones, in unified economic organism but more main in unified war-strategy territory. If it wasn't be built in due time Russia with very much probability wasn't likely kept Far East and Pacific ocean coast for itself - as it couldn't kept Alaska not connecting with Russian Empire by stable means of communication. Also Transsib is the way gave a stimulus to development of eastern areas and involved them in economic life of another part of the huge country.
Some people think that it's necessary to explain the term "Transsib" as the way connecting Ural and Far East and literally passing "via" Siberia (Trans-Siberian). But it's at variance with state of things and doesn't reflect true meaning of the railway. But what's about the name? The name was given by English nicknamed the way not as "Great Siberian Way" as literally translation from Russian was to be but as "Trans-Siberian Railway" which later instilled and took root in speech.
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And now "Transsib" as geo-political conception has a meaning as way connecting Center and Pacific Ocean, Moscow and Vladivostok, and a little broader as way connecting ports of West and the capital of Russia, and also exits to Europe (Moscow, St-Petersburg, Brest, Kaliningrad) with ports of East and exits to Asia (Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Vanino, Zabaikalsk); but not a local way connecting Ural with Far East. Limited interpretation of the term "Transsib" supposes that we tell about the main passenger way Moscow - Yaroslavl - Yekaterinburg - Omsk - Irkutsk - Chita - Vladivostok.
Here is the itinerary that can be materialized if you follow famous Trans-Siberian Way:
DAY 10 km. Moscow. Departure from Moscow
209 km. Vladimir. Small city that makes part of famous Golden Ring itinerary.
461 km. Nizhny Novgorod - big industrial center of Volga region (Povolzhie).
830 km. Kotelnich. Here Trans-Siberian meets with the old track that was going through Yaroslavl. Crossing Vyatka river.
917 km. Kirov. A small industrial northern city. Center of Kirov region.
1062 km. The end of Kirov region, start of Udmurtiya republic.
1230 km. The end of Udmurtiya republic, start of Perm region. Start of Urals region.
1570 km. The end of Perm region, start of Sverdlovsk region.
DAY 21778 km. Ekaterinburg. The city was founded in 1797, and now it is the unofficial capital of Ural region — the most industrial (and polluted) region of Russia. However, Urals are most known as the mountains that divide Europe and Asia. Ekaterinburg itself is a nice and real (unvarnished) industrial city of modern Russia with many interesting buildings and sights.
2104 km. Tyumen – the center of Tyumen region – the oil and gas center of Russia.
2485 km. The end of Tyumen region, start of Omsk region.
2520 km. Nazyvaemskaya. The closest place to Kazakhstan of the route: about 100 km.
2674 km. Crossing Irtysh river.
2676 km. Omsk.
2800 km. The end of Omsk region, start of Novosibirsk region.
3300 km. Crossing Ob river.
3303 km. Novosibirsk. The biggest city in Siberia region with 1442000 inhabitants, it was founded in 1893. Novosibirsk is the third main cultural and scientific center in Russia (after Moscow and St. Petersburg), the university of Novosibirsk is quite famous too. The city is developing quite rapidly, and is considered to be the capital of Siberia. The area around Novosibirsk is very good for camping and trekking. Besides, Novosibirsk is a great place to start discovering Altai mountains, which are not far away.
3440 km. The end of Novosibirsk region, start of Kemerovo region.
DAY 33745 km. The end of Kemerovo region, start of Krasnoyarsk region.
4065 km. Krasnoyarsk. If you have a goal to stop at all the main Trans-Siberian stations, then you should stop in Krasnoyarsk, which is an important Siberian industrial center. But frankly, we personally find there's nothing interesting, except for Stolby National Park, which is outside of the city.
4067 km. Crossing Enisey river.
4344 km. Ilanskaya. There's a nice market at the station - eggs, potatoes, fish, sausages, tomatoes, ice cream, salted cucumbers, fresh stuff. Train stays 20 minutes usually.
4430 km. The end of Krasnoyarsk region, start of Irkutsk region.
4902 km. Zima. A weird place with very hot climate in summer.
4904 km. Crossing Oka river.
DAY 45113 km. Angarsk. All the chemical and machinery productions are concentrated in this city. It was built by prisoners, so the landscapes are not very welcoming
5153 km. Irkutsk. It’s a nice city with unusual atmosphere and interesting architecture. Lake Baikal is just 60 kilometers away, and there are also Sayan mountain range quite close. Irkutsk is a good starting point for various outdoor activities and for exploring the western side of the lake Baikal.
5266 km. Lake Baikal. Here you start seeing lake Baikal. A truly amazing and beautiful lake. There are a lot of places to enjoy pristine nature, and swim in the lake. It is worth making the Trans-Siberian just because of this lake only. Spend a few days there and you'll feel as if you were born again.
5279 km. Slyudyanka. A village on the shore of Baikal. It's more like a port, so it's not interesting to stay in there. It is a good starting point for exploration of Circum Baikal railway (which starts there), or going south to Arshan (3 hours), which is just next to Sayan mountains — a great place for camping, walks, and various activities. By the way, you can buy great smoked fish from Baikal lake - Omul - there. Highly recommended.
5345 km. The end of Irkutsk region, start of Buryatia republic.
5609 km. Ulan-Ude. Overlooked by many travelers, this is a great place to stop for a few days (or even weeks - for Baikal). Ulan-Ude is the first place along the Trans-Siberian, where you feel like you're in Asia finally (after more than 2 days travel in the Asian part of Russia!). It has a feel of a calm, friendly Asian town (quite close to Mongolia, in fact), and there are a lot of interesting things to discover. Start with a local History Museum, visit a Buddhist Datsan, go to the open-air Ethnographic museum, and then go on to explore the Eastern shore of Baikal lake, which is much less tourist than the opposite Irkutsk side. In Ulan-Ude the Trans-Siberian splits into two directions: to the south through Gusinoye Ozero, Djida, Naushki (Russia) to Ulan-Bataar (Mongolia) to Beijing (China) - Trans-Mongolian, and to the east through Chita to Vladivostok (Trans-Siberian).
5730 km. The end of Buryatia republic, start of Chita region.
6166 km. Chita. 3d 21h 50m. The center of Chita region. A big industrial city. 100 km after Chita (in Karymskaya) the Trans-Siberian splits into two routes: to the east to Vladivostok, to the south through Manchuria to China (Trans-Manchurian).
DAY 56555 km. Zabaikalsk.
7045 km. The end of Chita region, start of Amurskaya region.
7275 km. Skovorodino. A few kilometers before Skovorodino there's a train line to BAM (Tynda).
DAY 67835 km. Belogorsk.
8150 km. The end of Amurskaya region, start of Evreiskaya region.
8320 km. Birobidzhan.
8481 km. The end of Evreiskaya region, start of Khabarovsky krai.
8482 km. Crossing Amur river via the longest Trans-Siberian bridge - 2612 meters. After - a long tunnel.
8493 km. Khabarovsk. A city, which is located on Amur river, China is just on the other shore. A nice and friendly city and an important break from the train journey as well.
8750 km. The end of Khabarovsky krai, start of Primorsky krai.
DAY 79147 km. Ussuriysk.
9259 km. Vladivostok. The last stop of Trans-Siberian. In the 1860, an army squad landed on the bank of Zolotoy Rog (Golden Horn) bay and built the barracks, it was the first building in the Vladivostok. Soon after that Vladivostok became the main Russian port on the Pacific ocean.
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