What can you see from trans-siberian railway's window?

On the road for nearly 7 days, 9300 kilometers, 145 stopped. Can you see bears and other wild animals on the trip?

Alexander Guzeva

First day on the road ... Legion media.

Forests occupy a large part of the journey. Sometimes, the endless rows of trees outside the window may not change for hours. Many passengers think it is a kind of meditation, accompanied by the rhythmic sound of wheels.

However, forests vary from place to place. On the first day of the trip, a deciduous forest full of birch trees was replaced by a giant spruce. The next day, the train approached the Ural Mountains, and low pine trees appeared outside the window, growing in valleys and canyons between the mountains.

"In my opinion, the riverbed of the Vicherat River is the most beautiful scenery we have seen in six days,"-reporter Yuri Lepski wrote.

There are already many coniferous forests in East Siberia and the Far East-there are bears and Siberian tigers somewhere. However, it is almost impossible to see them from the train window.

Grassland in omsk area. Alexander Beliaev

At the end of the next day, when the train crossed the Ural ridge and entered the Asian part of Russia, it was close to the border with Kazakhstan. The originally scarce forest suddenly disappeared, and the window was almost a desert. The completely flat grassland has not changed for an hour and a half. This is how western Siberia began.

Devil's Bridge in the Far East.

The name of this railway speaks for itself-it is trans-Iberian. And most of the roads are like this, endless Siberia. However, this is much more than coniferous forests and snow. These are cities, mountains and so on-in fact, almost all of Russia. "Siberia is colorful: birch is beige, cultivated land is brown, Russian trains are red, grass is green, sky is blue, doors and roofs are blue," photographer Todd Selby said. On the route from Paris to Shanghai, travel along the "Great Siberian Route".

Yenisei L.

Trains cross the country and all major rivers. Kama, Obi, Yenisei River, amur river ... and some smaller ones. The train passed the bridge slowly, and the wide river was in full view.

By the way, not long ago in Krasnoyarsk, the Transsib route passed along the railway bridge on the Yenisei River, and 1900 won the gold medal of the Paris World Expo. The chairman of the jury is gustave eiffel himself. During the Soviet period, two new bridges were built to increase traffic capacity, and the old "Tsar" bridge was demolished in 2007.

A railway bridge across the Yenisei River.

"I like the sunset on the Volga River and amur river very much. Incredibly beautiful! " -Georg Wallner, an Austrian photographer traveling along Transsib in 2065438+09, said.

At a transit station. Legion media

For those who love trains and railways, this journey is a real paradise. It's hard to imagine where you can see so many different railway stations, stations and midway stations. /kloc-The road built at the end of 0/9 is endless and full of twists and turns. The train is coming this way. At large stations, inexperienced passengers may be surprised by the number of main tracks and spare tracks, as well as endless trucks, freight trains full of coal, tanks and various goods. Of course, there are various passenger trains all over the country.

Liujiangka station. Legion media

The most beautiful thing on this road is the station-some stations have the unique and monumental style of the Soviet Union, which is amazing, and many of them were built in the czar era. For example, the station in Sriujiangka is all marble! In big cities, trains stop for a long time, sometimes for an hour (the longest stop time in Khabarovsk is 70 minutes), so you can see the station from all directions. Studying here is the most beautiful (according to our editorial department).

Lake Baikal outside the train window. Legion media

At the end of the third day of the journey, the train suddenly left another tunnel and found itself in Lake Baikal. The railway around Lake Baikal gives travelers the privilege of observing one of the largest lakes in the world for more than two hours.

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Don't miss this moment-from the aforementioned Sliu Dejanka Station to Misova Station.

The railway around Lake Baikal. Legion media

The mountain range starts from the back of Perm-the train passes through the "watershed" of Russia-the Ural ridge-to the south, and the top of Sayan is waiting for passengers there. In the south of Lake Baikal, passengers will see the unique Kama-Daban mountain range, along which the train runs. You can also see these peaks from Ulan-Ude via Buryat to Chita, the capital of Lake Baikal. In the Far East-Amur and Jewish Autonomous Prefecture-the train passes through Xing 'anling and seven Xing 'anling tunnels, some of which are 2 kilometers long. In the Ussuriski section of the railway crossing Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territory, you can see the West Hote-Alin Mountains outside the window-very close to the border with China.

Ulan-Ude Legion Media

Trans-siberian railway runs through 90 Russian cities. The train leaves from Moscow;

Finally, at the end of this road are the most Asian cities in Russia-Khabarovsk and Vladivostok. If you drive through all these cities, you will be able to feel the diversity of our country. Especially if you get off the train, at least walk into some. This is our cue, the main stop of the transfer station.

But apart from these big cities, from the train window, you can see crumbling houses, abandoned villages and ancient churches. There are also Russians living along the railway, working here and moving along the railway.