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- XXIII. The Trans-Siberian Railroad and Maritime Communication with Northern Siberia
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CHAPTER XXIII.
THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILROAD AND MARITIME COMMUNICATION WITH NORTHERN SIBERIA.
Raison d’être of the Railway—Its Uselessness for the Transport of Cereals—
The Perm-Archangel Line—Price of Wheat on the Yenisei—The
great Waterways of Siberia—Maritime Communication—Capt. Wiggins
and the Yenisei Trade—The Difficulties in the Way—The Policy of
the Closed Door—The best Ice-breaker.
The Trans-Siberian Railway will no doubt exert great
influence both politically, economically, and culturally upon
Siberia and its inhabitants: it will indeed create a new era
in the history of the country.
Military and political reasons were probably the strongest
motives in planning and constructing the line, and there is
no doubt that this first railroad between the Baltic and the
Pacific, between Europe and the populous countries of the far
East—will be of the greatest importance in this respect. It is
not my intention to discuss the political significance of this
great undertaking, but it is very evident that the
development of Siberia and the increase of its population must
enter into the plan of the extension of Russian dominion
in the far East, because a populous and strong Siberia
will be one of the most important factors in the struggle
with other Powers for supremacy in the East.
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