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Railways - Russia: books - history and rolling stock

Books on the history, locomotives and other rolling stock of railway companies in Russia, including the Trans-Siberian Railway.

To the Edge of the World : The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery.
He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War -Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post - and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat.

Like the author's previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century.

Author:Christian Wolmar
Specs:304 pages, 20 x 13 x 2.3 cm / 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.91 in, paperback
Illustrations:illustrated
Publisher:Atlantic Books (GB, 2014)
EAN:9780857890382
To the Edge of the World : The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway

To the Edge of the World : The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Language: English

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Transsibérien - Visa vers l'extrème

L'auteur, grand reporter, écrivain et photographe, nous entraîne dans une enquête captivante sur l'une des plus spectaculaires réalisations ferroviaires de tous les temps.
Avec cet ouvrage, abondamment illustré de documents d'époque, partez pour un voyage passionnant de Moscou à Pékin, de la fondation de la ligne en 1889 jusqu'à nos jours, à travers la tourmente de la révolution russe, l'édification du socialisme, les troubles en Mandchourie, le luxe de la Compagnie internationale des Wagons-Lits.
Ce livre, c'est aussi les notes d'un périple en train entre l'Europe et l'Asie au plus prés des hommes et des paysages, véritable introduction au voyage à nouveau possible vers l'autre extrême du continent.

Author:Constantin Parvulesco
Specs:192 pages, 31 x 23.5 cm / 12.2 x 9.25 in, hardback
Illustrations:100 b&w and 300 colour photos
Publisher:ETAI (F, 2003)
EAN:9782726893371
Transsibérien - Visa vers l'extrème

Transsibérien - Visa vers l'extrème

Language: French

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