Transcaucasus Railway
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title:
Transcaucasus Railway
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The Transcaucus Railway was the first railway in South Caucasus. It was funded by the Russian Empire as a strategic railway connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. The railway would allow the Russian army to have better control of Caucasia. Also with the Trans-Caspian railway, Russia could transport troops from Central Asia much faster. The railway operated as a private company between 1865–1922 and a subsidiary railway of the Soviet Railways from 1922–1991.
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First railway in the South Caucasus (1871–1991)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcaucasus_Railway
date created:
2010-08-03T19:54:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T02:08:03Z
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