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The Trans-Caspian Railway (also called the Central Asian Railway, Russian: Среднеазиатская железная дорога) is a railway that follows the path of the Silk Road through much of western Central Asia. It was built by the Russian Empire during its expansion into Central Asia in the 19th century. The railway was started ...
1889 – Trans-Caspian Railway begins operating. [10] 1892 – 24 June: Demonstration related to public health. [11] 1895 – Samarkand-Tashkent railway begins operating. [12] 1896 – Lutheran Church built. [6] 1897 – Population: 156,506. 1898 – Russian Orthodox church built in Amir Temur Square. [citation needed]
In the 1880s and 1890s, the Trans-Caspian railway connected Russian Empire's Central Asian provinces (now, independent states of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) with the Caspian port of Krasnovodsk; by 1906, Central Asia was directly connected by the Trans-Aral Railway with European Russia via Kazakhstan.
The railway would allow the Russian army to have better control of the Caucasus. 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.
The Transcaspian Government (1918 - July 1919) was a "Menshevik-Socialist Revolutionary" [1] coalition set up by the railway workers of the Trans-Caspian Railway in 1918. It was based at Ashgabat, Transcaspian Oblast.
1890 – The City & South London Railway was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, [23] [note 1] and the first major railway to use electric traction 1891 – Construction began on the 9,313 km (5,787 mi) long Trans-Siberian railway in Russia.
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The Trans-Caspian Railway reached Kyzyl Arbat at the northwest end of the Kopet Dag in mid-September 1881. From October through December Lessar surveyed the north side of the Kopet Dag and reported that there would be no problem building a railway along it.