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Nicholas Karazin "Transcaspian Railway" 1888 27,2 x47, 5
Background.
Transcaspian Railway was constructed Russian military units immediately after the accession of Central Asia to the Russian Empire. Construction of roads started in November 1880 on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. In 1885 the railroad reached Ashkhabad, in 1886, Chardzhou. Land Trans-Caspian railway Charge Kagan Samarkand was opened in 1888. The first train arrived in Samarkand on 15 May. The road link Turkmenistan more reliable way than a caravan, not just from central Russia, but also with the world. She was called the "new Silk Road".