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The Trans-Siberian Railway (Транссибирская магистраль, Транссиб in Russian, or Transsibirskaya magistral', Transsib) is a network of railways connecting European Russia with Russian Far East provinces, Mongolia and China. The main route, the Trans-Siberian, runs from Moscow to Vladivostok via southern Siberia and was built between 1891 and 1916. It is often associated with the main Russian train that connects these two cities; it is the longest single continuous service in the world, and it takes about 7 days to complete its journey. Other routes along the network include the Trans-Manchurian (Moscow-Tarskaya-Beijing), Trans-Mongolian (Moscow-Ulan Ude-Ulaan-Baatar-Beijing), and the Baikal Amur Mainline (Moscow-north of Lake Baikal-Sovetskaya Gavan) which was completed in 1991.

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