What can you see from the window of the train on the Trans-Siberian highway

Almost seven days by train, the distance of 9300 km with 145 stops - the longest railway in the world passes literally all over Russia. During the trip, passengers will see endless forests, several mountain ridges, powerful rivers, and even Lake Baikal. But we start with the very beginning.

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1. Forest.

The forest is what you will see from the window of a large part of your journey on the Trans-Siberian train. Sometimes this landscape from the endless rows of trees behind the window train does not change for hours. Many passengers find this kind of meditation under the rhythmic sound of spinning wheels on rails.

2. Steppe.

At the end of the second day, when the train crosses the Ural ridge and enters the Asian part of Russia, it approaches the border with Kazakhstan. Suddenly the forest, which and without it were quite rare, disappears, and the landscape behind the window turns almost into a desert. The plain does not change for half an hour. This is how Western Siberia begins.

3. Siberia.

The name of the railway speaks for itself - it crosses all of Siberia. And a large part of the way you will see from the window of the train is the endless Siberia. But Siberia is not just taiga and snow. And this is a city, mountains and much more - in fact, almost all of Russia.

4. Reki.

Traveling across the country, the train crosses all the main rivers of Russia: Kamu, Ob, Yenisei, Amur, and a number of other highlands. The train slowly crosses the bridge, allowing you to admire the great rivers in all their beauty.

5. Railway stations.

This is a journey - a real paradise for those who love trains and railways. It is difficult to imagine where you can still see so many different stations, stations, and stops. Infinite paths, laid at the end of the 19th century, are stretched, twisted and twisted, and the train travels in all directions. At large stations, the traveler can hit a large number of main and spare roads, as well as endless cars, freight trains with coal, cisterns, and a large variety of goods. And, of course, passenger trains of all kinds and passengers from different corners of the country.

6. Baikal.

At the end of the third day of the train journey, coming out of the next tunnel unexpectedly turns right on Baikal. The Krugobaikal Railway offers the traveler more than two hours to fall in love with one of the largest lakes in the world.

7. Mountains.

The mountains begin after Perm: the train crosses the "watershed" of Russia - the Ural ridge - and heads south, where the distant peaks of Sayan. On the southern shores of Lake Baikal, you will see the unique mountain massif of Hamar-Daban, as soon as the train goes to the mountains. The mountain peaks can also be seen when the train passes through Buryatia, from Ulan-Ude to Chita, the capital of the Trans-Baikal region. In the Far East - in the Amur Region and the Jewish Autonomous Region - the train crosses the mountain ridge of Khingan and passes through seven Khingan tunnels, some of which are 2 km long. On the Ussuriysk section of the route, passing through the Khabarovsk and Primorsky Krai, you can see the ridge of Sikhote-Alin, very close to the border with China.

8. Cities.

The Trans-Siberian Highway passes through 90 cities in Russia.