The 0.43 version is great historical simulator, but it misses one crucial event which is the build of Transsiberian Railroad by the Tzar in 1890s ( finished in 1903 ) so called "Project of the Century" it linked siberian provinces with european Russia and expanded its transport capabilities:
"Before the turn of the 20th century, Czarist Russia embarked upon the most unlikely public works project of that or any other era: a railroad would be built across the vast open lands of Siberia, and it would be built by men and horses, and the builders would be the Russians themselves. It was an impossible task. But it was done, with many a halt and restart, and many a failure and many a repair.
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When the railroad opened it was used mainly by emigrants to Siberia; by government officials; by the military; and by tourists. Among those early tourists, in 1901 (and the railroad wasn't even quite finished yet) was a man named Burton Holmes. Holmes was soon to be famous as a world traveler and lecturer on travels..."
Note: the building of the Transsiberia seriously deteriorated relations between British Empire and Russia since all asian trade diverted from english shipping companies to russian-controlled eurasian trains.
Somehow it should be implemented as a series of events.
"Before the turn of the 20th century, Czarist Russia embarked upon the most unlikely public works project of that or any other era: a railroad would be built across the vast open lands of Siberia, and it would be built by men and horses, and the builders would be the Russians themselves. It was an impossible task. But it was done, with many a halt and restart, and many a failure and many a repair.
[...]
When the railroad opened it was used mainly by emigrants to Siberia; by government officials; by the military; and by tourists. Among those early tourists, in 1901 (and the railroad wasn't even quite finished yet) was a man named Burton Holmes. Holmes was soon to be famous as a world traveler and lecturer on travels..."
Note: the building of the Transsiberia seriously deteriorated relations between British Empire and Russia since all asian trade diverted from english shipping companies to russian-controlled eurasian trains.
Somehow it should be implemented as a series of events.