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367: 71: 39: 979: 905: 932: 744: 31: 524: 152: 163: 878: 846: 174: 987: 1070: 1061: 1056: 259:(Amu-Darya) was not completed until 1901, and until then trains ran over a rickety wooden construction that was often damaged by floods. As early as 1905, there was a 634: 1066: 710: 887: 840: 732: 686: 660: 389:(formerly Gazandjyk) some 340 km (211 mi) to the east. Also at this point the Trans-Caspian railway intersects the newly constructed 228: 319:
Frolov to that city, a move that proved unpopular. In turn, railway workers along the western end of the railway initiated a break away from
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The railway was the most important means of communication in the area, and workers on the railway became key activists during the
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connecting the Transcaspian Military Railway with the network of other Russian and European railways was completed in 1906.
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to argue for the extension to Tashkent, while the merchant N. I. Reshetnikov offered private funds for the same purpose.
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on 2 March 1917. They decreed that the administration of the railway should be transferred away from Ashkhabad and sent
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The railway permitted a massive increase in the amount of cotton exported from the region. This increased from 873,092
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visited the railway, he remarked that he considered its significance went beyond local military control and threatened
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in the 19th century. The railway was started in 1879, following the Russian victory over
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During the Soviet period and beyond, the railway was administered from
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in actions against the local resistance to their rule. However, when
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A map of the Central Asian Railway in 1922. The railway ran from
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The railway starts at the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea at
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participated in some of the battles along the railway line.
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Both railway and workers played an important role in the
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in 1888, where it halted for ten years until extended to
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by Jeff Sahadeo, Indiana University Press, 2007, p120
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is an important junction on the Trans-Caspian route.
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The permanent bridge over the 14: 1090: 693: 633: 500:runs to Kazakhstan, which branches at 225:General Michael Nicolaivitch Annenkoff 27:Railway in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan 714: 78:on the Trans-Caspian Railway, c. 1890 573:Russian Colonial Society in Tashkent 673:Ахал-Техинский Оазис и пути к Индии 557:Military power, conflict, and trade 323:-oriented Tashkent, setting up the 24: 1098:Rail transport in the Soviet Union 1000:Turkmenbashi International Seaport 627: 449:, and the main line carries on to 282: 166:Route of Trans-Caspian railway in 155:Route of Trans-Caspian railway in 25: 1124: 786:Trolleybuses suspended nationwide 391:North-South Transnational Railway 342:was an important bastion for the 205:to the standard Russian gauge of 177:Uzun-Ada port and railway station 977: 930: 903: 876: 742: 522: 181:Construction began in 1879 of a 34:Map of the Trans-Caspian railway 413:mountains, and passing through 215:), and construction through to 146: 96:Среднеазиатская железная дорога 607: 591: 578: 566: 550: 13: 1: 1103:Railway lines in Turkmenistan 543: 325:Ashkhabad Executive Committee 102:that follows the path of the 1113:Rail transport in Uzbekistan 924:Turkmenbashi railway station 602:The Fighting In Trans-Caspia 498:another northwest bound line 7: 1108:Railway lines in Kazakhstan 515: 116:expansion into Central Asia 10: 1129: 141: 1010: 896: 875: 855: 837:(Azerbaijan, Afghanistan) 812: 794: 771: 755: 749:Transport in Turkmenistan 506:Turkestan-Siberia Railway 476:) and then carries on to 95: 988:Türkmendeňizderýaýollary 914:Ashgabat railway station 780:Trolleybuses in Ashgabat 698:. 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Trans-Caspian Railway


Krasnovodsk
Kokand
Tashkend
Askabad
Bokhara
Samarkand

Baharly
Russian
railway
Silk Road
Central Asia
Russian Empire
expansion into Central Asia
Khokand
Imperial Russian Army
Lord Curzon
British
Asia

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

narrow-gauge railway
Gyzylarbat
Russian

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