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A nostalgic journey across Russia by rail: Rediscovering the country’s soul from Vladivostok to Moscow
Airplanes are already the main mode of international travel, but rail-driven train travel has always been on my mind. In Russia, railways are an indelible mark on Russian culture. Do you remember that in Tolstoy’s masterpiece “Anna Karenina”, the heroine eventually jumped into the orbit and transformed from an aristocratic lady into a twisted and deformed wreckage? In this realist masterpiece, the railway has always been an important part of the narrative. The words “train” and “railway” frequently appear in Toon’s writings and become the talking points of the characters in the novel. They also drive their behavior and are closely related to their fate. In fact, today, trains are…