Trans-Siberian Railway: The Queen of Railways

- Support Railways Explained on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/railways_explained ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Buy cool rail-related products on our online store: https://railways-explained.creator-spring.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ► Railways Explained aims to establish a WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY of all RAIL LOVERS, WORKERS AND EXPERTS, by creating regular, entertaining and educational railway content of high quality. ► If you find yourself in at least one of these three groups, support this idea by SUBSCRIBING TO RAILWAYS EXPLAINED. - In this video, we decided to take you on a journey into the railway past, as we are discussing the construction of one of the most famous railway lines in the whole world - the trans-Siberian railway! As you already know, over the years, the trans-Siberian railway has played a significant role and has been of great importance not only for Russian and world history of transport, but it also had a unique place in the national, economic and military history of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. In that sense, as always, we tried to cover all important aspects, including: - the circumstances that led to the decision to construct this railway, - how the process of its construction went, - what are the impacts and effects it had, - what was its role in terms of national defence, and finally, - where is the trans-Siberian railway in the 21st century.