1869 Dated Imperial Government of Russia - Nicolas Railroad - Railway Bond (Unca for Sale

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1869 Dated Imperial Government of Russia - Nicolas Railroad - Railway Bond (Unca For Sale

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1869 Dated Imperial Government of Russia - Nicolas Railroad - Railway Bond (Unca:
$114.00

125 Roubles. Czar Alexander II-Romanov Dynasty Eagle. Railroad lines from St Petersburg to Moscow. In French and English. Uncanceled. The Saint Petersburg to Moscow railway (1855\"1923 \" Nikolaevskaya railway) runs for 649.7 kilometers (403.7mi) through four oblasts: Leningrad, Novgorod, Tver and Moscow. It is a major traffic artery in the north-west region of Russia, operated by the October Railway subdivision of Russian Railways. On 1 February 1842, Tsar NicholasI issued a ukase ordering the railway\'s construction. The railway was a pet project of Pavel Melnikov (1804\"1880), an engineer and administrator who superintended its construction and whose statue may be seen near the southern terminus, the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow. The idea of a railway connecting the two capitals gave rise to a prolonged controversy, with some reactionary officials predicting social upheaval if the masses were allowed to travel. It was decided that only the affluent would be allowed to use the line; every passenger was to be subjected to strict passport and police control. Although the Tsarskoye Selo Railway, built by German engineer Franz Anton von Gerstner in 1837, was Russia\'s first public railway line, the cost overruns led Tsar NicholasI and his advisors to doubt Gerstner\'s ability to execute the planned St. Petersburg\"Moscow line. So Melnikov and another colleague traveled to the United States in 1839 to study railroad technology, where they met George Washington Whistler, who designed the Canton Viaduct for the Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.