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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by C. S. Stilwell 

 A TRANS-SIBERIAN TRAIN DE LUXE IN WAR TIME: NOTE THE MEANS OF INGRESS TO 



THE BOX-CARS 



The total length of the Trans-Siberian Railway with its branches is more than 5,400 

 miles, including the more than 1,000 miles in Chinese territory. It was begun in 1891 and 

 virtually completed by 1902, the total cost being estimated at more than $435,000,000. It is 

 the one great factor in the social and economic life of the country which those who wish to 

 understand Siberia must keep always in mind. 



Photograph by D. A. Foster 



THE CHINESE EASTERN RAILWAY STATION AT NIKOLSK USSURIISKII 



Nikolsk Ussuriiskii is a town of 50,000 inhabitants, sixty miles northwest of Vladivostok. In 

 peace times it was a popular resort for sportsmen seeking musk-deer and wild boar. 



