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Why does the train to Moscow go north instead of west to Xinjiang and Kazakhstan? Why?

This is a long story, involving a lot of historical and political knowledge.

To put it simply, there is trans-siberian railway in the north, which has a long history and has always been the main artery connecting Moscow with East Asia. Compared with China, the railway line has been running in for many years, and the commercial facilities along the way are also relatively perfect.

To the west, in the past, due to the bad geological weather such as sandstorm and the lack of funds and technology needed to build the railway, the Urumqi-Horgos railway was not built, and it was impossible to pass through the border crossing, so it was sparsely populated.