Russia enters the railway age, 1842-1855 / Richard Mowbray Haywood
1998, 1st edition. Boulder : East European Monographs. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #425916
ISBN: 0880333901
Physical description; xxvi, 635 pages : maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 595-611) and index. Contents; Ch. I. The Period of Preparation for the Construction of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway (January, 1842-December, 1843). pt. 1. The Establishment of the Central Administration of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway (January-August, 1842). pt. 2. Surveying of the Route and Planning of the Structures of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway (February, 1842-May, 1843). pt. 3. The Question of Supplying the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway with Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Rails (February, 1842-December, 1843). pt. 4. The Procurement of Construction Engineers and of a Labor Force for the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway (May, 1843-July, 1844) -- Ch. II. The Construction of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway (May, 1843 to December, 1846). Subjects; Railroads Russia History. Railroad travel Russia History. Transportation Russia. Russia History Nicholas I, 1825-1855. Russia. History. Russia history.
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