Photo, Print, Drawing Zapadno-Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga. Stant︠s︡ii︠a︡ III klassa Kurgan. Западно-Сибирская железная дорога. Станция III класса Курган.

Title

• Zapadno-Sibirskai︠a︡ zheleznai︠a︡ doroga. Stant︠s︡ii︠a︡ III klassa Kurgan.

Other Title

• Западно-Сибирская железная дорога. Станция III класса Курган.

Translated Title

• West-Siberian Railroad. Station of the Forth Class, Kurgan.

Summary

• In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Akin to the great railroads to the Pacific in both the United States and Canada, Russia's transcontinental line was intended to supply and populate Siberia as well as deliver raw materials to the rapidly developing industries west of the Urals. Working against an ambitious timetable and under severe conditions of climate and terrain, the Russians effectively united the European and Asian parts of the empire by completing this herculean project. The engineering plans provided for the sequential construction of six basic segments. The first of these branches was the West Siberian line from Chelyabinsk to Novo-Nikolaevsk (the future city of Novosibirsk) on the Ob' River. This photograph is from an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian Railroad (1890s-1978) in the Novosibirsk Oblast State Archive. The album documents the construction of the West Siberian railroad and the railroad between the cities of Ekaterinburg and Chelyabinsk. The images in the album, by the artist and printer Artur Ivanovich Vil'borg (born 1856), include views of railroad bridges over the Ushaika, Tom', and Lebiazh'ia Rivers, the passenger depots at the Tomsk, Ob', and Oiash stations, and portraits of engineers and other personnel involved in the railroad construction. World Digital Library.

Created / Published

• [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1892-1896]

Headings

• -  zheleznai︠a︡ doroga
• -  sooruzhenii︠a︡
• -  stant︠s︡ii︠a︡
• -  vokzaly
• -  Ural
• -  Kurgan
• -  Russian Federation
• -  железная дорога
• -  сооружения
• -  станция
• -  вокзалы
• -  Урал
• -  Курган

Notes

• -  Iz papki "Al'bom vidov Zapadno-Sibirskoĭ i Ekaterinburgo-Cheli︠a︡binskoĭ zheleznykh dorog".
• -  Original image at: State Archives of Novosibirsk Oblast
• -  From the photo album "Альбом видов Западно-Сибирской и Екатеринбурго-Челябинской железных дорог."
• -  Из папки "Альбом видов Западно-Сибирской и Екатеринбурго-Челябинской железных дорог".

Medium

• 1 photomechanical print : 25.0 x 31.6 cm ; litografiia, napechatannaia na beloi plotnoi melovannoi bumage.

Source Collection

• Views of the West-Siberian and Ekateringburg-Cheliabinsk Railroad

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxph.wws0003_00701

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2018684719

Online Format

• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2018684719

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