Section 21 Trip to the Trans-Siberian Railway
“WOW！” The train roared loudly, and the noisy crash of the rails thundered.
Inside the wagon, Budyonny looked out.
The Trans-Siberian Railway - from the forest to the wilderness, the snowy region is boundless, it is a magnificent epic across the Eurasian continent!
"There is no railway in the world that can compare to it!"
Yes, not really!
Spanning almost half the world, from Vladivostok in the Far East to Moscow in the European zone, the Trans-Siberian Railway is 9,288 kilometers long, and it takes 6 days and 6 nights (express trains) to complete the journey, making it the longest railway system in the world. If Russia is compared to a giant across Asia and Europe, then the Trans-Siberian Railway is his backbone.
The section west of Chelyabinsk was completed in the mid-19th century, and the section of more than 7,000 kilometers east of Chelyabinsk was built in 1891, opened to traffic in 1904, and completed in 1916. The Trans-Siberian Railway completely changed the geopolitical landscape of the region, allowing a steady stream of Russian troops to appear in the East and strengthen its military power in the Far East.
Now this train, full of people and baggage, is heading for the East!
Budyonny is one of them, a veteran who moves more freely, so he can sit by the door of the wagon when he is interested in it, and sleep in the warmest part of the car when he doesn't.
The cold wind was blowing outside, but the scenery was breathtaking!
In addition to the railway itself, the scenery of the Russian city with its different styles and the accumulated history and culture can fascinate people, even small houses hidden in the cedars, small stations on the side of the road, and Orthodox churches.
Passed through the Ural Mountains, through the Siberian tundra, endless steppes and taiga!
Big, infinitely big!
There are endless treasures in the wonderful natural scenery: endless forests and grasslands, fertile soils and rich mineral resources, countless rivers, countless birds and animals, this is the "golden cellar"!
Budyonny felt sorry for her past motherland in her heart, if this land belonged to her, it would be a tiger with wings and fight all over the world!
At the same time, there is also a small excitement in my heart: "Perhaps, I will make the most beautiful picture scroll in this land in the future!" ”
"What are you looking at, you've been watching it for a long time?" Sergeant Pilov asked Budyonny.
"I look at the beautiful scenery of our country, we absolutely cannot tolerate the little devils of the East to scourge our land, I must kill them all! Kill all the devils! Budyonny roared as if in an oath, and the snow on the trees near the roadside collapsed.
Feud in the past, revenge in this life, little devils, wash your neck and wait for your grandfather Budyonny's saber!
Seeing that he was so belligerent, Pilov laughed and said, "You can do it!" ”
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The ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, damn the Tsarist War Department, it uses a freight car to transport troops, it is empty, you want to sleep, you have to bring your own bedding.
It's winter! This is the way to transport livestock!
And the food and drink sent to the car is black leba and cold water, you want to urinate, go to the mouth of the carriage and discharge it directly, sometimes the wind is strong, and the sewage or something is blown back... Attract the ridicule of your brothers, you are so young, you are empty!
Staying in the carriage, the rigid collision of the rails and the rails, the trains of that period did not have a good vibration damping system later, and it was difficult to sleep!
Siberia!
The birthplace of the cold wave makes the carriage extremely cold, as if staying in the freezer!
Everyone squeezed together to sleep without much warmth, the air in the carriage was filthy and smelly, the smell of sweat, foxes, and body odor of the guys was "fragrant", and to make matters worse, the animals could come up with the worst ways to make the situation even more miserable, such as farting in the innermost part of the carriage......
There is a stark contrast, the senior officers sleep in the sleepers, and the junior officers sit in the row of seats in the carriage, which is heated, and there is a dining car and a bathroom!
They are brightly dressed, sawing in the bright food truck, drinking vodka, talking and laughing!
Forget about people, damn the Russian Army, horses are also transported, even worse, they are crowded in coal wagons, there is no roof on them, snowflakes are flying, the cold wind is howling, and the horses are frozen!
Born in Russia, it is not easy to live, as it is for people, and it is also true for horses!
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In such a harsh environment, the soldiers have become a pack of wild dogs, ready to bite a way into hell, even if they take on thousands of little devils alone, it is better than being in a truck.
The problem was that the senior officers of the army were absolutely sadistic, and they had planned it all: the roads were bad, many places had just been completed, the trains were stop-and-go, and it took six weeks to reach their destination, and you can imagine that the soldiers were almost numb from the abuse!
But there are also some popular carriages, such as the one in which Budyonny was.
Budyonny plays the accordion!
Speaking of which, thanks to the accumulation of the original owner, he plays the piano well!
On this expedition, Budyonny brought the accordion with him, which came in handy during everyone's lonely journey.
I saw him skillfully playing the accordion, and the beautiful music flowed out, and everyone was attracted to him.
“Ой，тоневечер，даневечер... (Ah, it's not night, it's not night...... ）
Мнемалым-малоспалось, (I've taken a short break)
Мнемалым-малоспалось, (I've taken a short break)
Ой, давоснепривиделось.
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Будтоконьмойвороной (The dark horse that dreamed of me)
Разыгрался, расплясался, (suddenly excited, crazy jumping)
Ой, разрезвилсяподомной.
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Аесаулдогадливбыл, (that clever captain)
Онсумелсонразгадать: (He is the best at interpreting dreams :)
Ох,пропадёт,—онговорил,—("Ah, it will fall,-- he said--)
Твоябуйнаголова!? (Your brave head!) ”）
Ох,пропадёт,—онговорил,—("Ah, it will fall,-- he said--)
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Ай, налетеливетрызлые (that weird gust of wind)
Дасвосточнойстороны.
Ой, дасорваличёрнушапку (it took off my black hat)
See also. (From my brave head)
Ой, дасорваличёрнушапку (it took off my black hat)
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"The song of our Don Cossacks!" Several people shouted.
Everyone hummed along, and voices rang out.
The song "Ah, It's Not Night...... It's Not Night" (also known as "The Dream of Stepan Razin") is a famous Russian folk song, the lyrics of which narrate a dream that will foreshadow his tragic end, in the voice of Stepan Razin, the leader of the Don Cossacks.
Born in 1630 in the Don Valley, Stepan Razin led the rebellion against the oppression of the Cossacks and poor people by the tsar's serfdom and expropriation, and in 1667-1671, the Cossack rebel army under the leadership of Razin became a major problem for Tsarist Russia, Razin claimed that his aim was to free the people from the shackles of serfdom, and he wanted to establish an absolutely equal Cossack state on the Russian land. Therefore, he won the sympathy and defection of many people at the bottom and even the army. But in 1671, after successive defeats for Racine's forces, he himself was captured alive and taken to Moscow to be beheaded, and the revolt was finally suppressed.
Although Stepan Racin eventually failed in the rebellion and ended up in a different situation, his rebellious and unruly image of a free Cossack brought him great attention at the time and in later generations, and he became a hero in folklore.
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Everyone sang to the tune of Budyonny's accordion, and in the music, they forgot that they were animals, that they were in the livestock pen, that there was an unpredictable battlefield ahead!