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Text 1. From the History of Railway Construction in Russia
Construction of railways for public use began in Russia in 1835 when Russian railway engineers surveyed the country in order to build a railway to connect St. Petersburg and Tzarskoye Selo. In 1836 the workmen began laying rails and on November 13,1837 the first train passed over the line. The length of the railway was 27km.