The Trans-Siberian Railway

The arrival of russia in the region introduced them as a new player into what was already an increasingly volatile rivalry between declining china and another power that, much like russia, was trying to rapidly modernize itself. The centre piece of this project, and really the centrepiece of almost everything vitta is up to here in the 18 nineties, was the trans siberian railway. Construction on the railway began going in both directions in 18 91. And remember, nicholas was on hand to lay the foundation stone of the terminus station in vladyvostock. Once the western and eastern ends of the empire were linked by this vital artery, the strength of the