Trans-Caspian Railway built
1879–1898 · Event
Russian military engineers lay rails across the Karakum desert to Samarkand and Tashkent; the caravan cities are suddenly a week from Moscow, and the old road is done.
On these timelines: The Silk Road & the Steppe, Master, Russia & the USSR, Industrial Revolution
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