Trans-Siberian Railway: Friulian Builders and the Epic Circum-Baikal Route
The construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway stands as one of the greatest engineering feats in human history, forged through the extraordinary skill and sacrifice of thousands of Italian stone-cutters and Friulian miners. The most perilous sector was the Circum-Baikal line (Krugobaykalskaya), skirting the crystalline, mountainous shores of Lake Baikal. Here, Italian master stonemasons carved dozens…