Hello and welcome to the most newest episode of Beneath the Red Star! Today we are discussing the Trans-Siberian Railroad and its history. Grab a seat next to a random stranger and let's head out across Siberia.

Sources:

The Russian Discovery of Siberia: https://www.loc.gov/collections/meeting-of-frontiers/articles-and-essays/exploration/russian-discovery-of-siberia/

Trans-Siberian Railroad: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Trans-Siberian-Railroad

From Kiachta to Vladivostok: https://www.jstor.org/stable/43737542

https://www.jstor.org/stable/43737542

Some Economic Aspects of Railroad Development in Tsarist Russia: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2117164 Rossia Siberica: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40241735

A Russian Pacific Railroad: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1762931

Russian Railway Construction and the Urals Charcoal Iron and Steel Industry, 1851-1914: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2599467 A Century of Russian Railroad Construction: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2491700 History of the Trans-Siberian Railway: https://www.transsiberianexpress.net/train-info/history-of-the-trans-siberian-railway

Blame the Switchman?: https://www.justice.gov/atr/blame-switchman-russian-railways-restructuring-after-ten-years

All country and continent sizes taken from Encyclopedia Brittanica