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History: Modern Marvels Trans-Siberian Railroad
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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lt's the Iongest, most expensive and compIicated railroad ever buiIt. Ordered by the Czar in an effort to save his empire and unify his country at the twiIight of the 19th century, the Trans-Siberian RaiIroad nearly tore Russia apart. lntended in part for defense, the raiIroad provoked a war, crossed great lengths over treacherous terrain, and encountered logisticaI and economic failures. IronicaIly, "enemies of the state" buiIt the railroad--men sentenced to hard labor in Siberian prisons. |
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