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Trans-Siberian Railroad Last Of Adventure Trains
AP Newsfeatures writer John T. Wheeler describes the Trans Siberian route from European Russia to Irkutsk and beyond as a vital umbilical to Siberia. He notes the train’s pace of under 40 mph across 5800 miles in 72 days, its role for remote communities, and the exchange of raw materials for goods while highlighting regional tensions near the Ussuri and Amur rivers and the Baikal region.
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John T. Wheeler
U.S.S.R
America
Russia
Siberian
Ural Mountains
Novosibirsk
Irkutsk
Siberia
Soviet Union
Khabarovsk
Ussuri
Amur
Feking
Moscow
Nabodka
Japan
Reces
Urals
Occident
China
Khingan
Chita
Lake Baikal
Novosibirisk
New Siberia