To the Edge of the World : : the Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad
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"First published in Great Britain in hardback in 2013 by Atlantic Books, and imprint of Atlantic Books Ltd"--Title page verso.
To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel--full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railroad, the vital artery for Russian expansion that spans almost 6,000 miles and seven time zones from Moscow to Vladivostok. The world's longest train route took a decade to build--in the face of punishing climates, rampant disease, scarcity of funds and materials, and widespread corruption.
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PUBLISHED
New York : PublicAffairs, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: xx, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781610394529
1610394526
SUBJECTS
Velikaia Sibirskaia magistralʹxHistory.
Railroads -- Siberia -- History.
Railroads -- Russia -- History.