On October 18, 1916, construction of the Great Siberian Route (now known as the Trans-Siberian Railway) was completed.

The decree for its construction was issued in April 1891 by Emperor Alexander III. The heir to the throne, Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, the future Emperor Nicholas II, participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking near Vladivostok on May 31. He personally wheeled a load of earth onto the railway bed.

The Trans-Siberian Railway became the largest transportation project of its time. Its construction was completed on October 18, 1916, when the bridge over the Amur River near Khabarovsk was finished. The total cost of construction was 1.45 billion gold rubles, equivalent to approximately 75 billion dollars in today's currency.

Today, the actual length of the Trans-Siberian Railway is about 10,000 kilometers, making it the longest railway line in the world.

The Trans-Siberian passes through 21 regions of the Russian Federation and 87 cities, crossing 16 major rivers. The journey between Moscow and Vladivostok on a passenger train takes 6 days.

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