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Syr^DaryaBLACK SEAREDSEAMEDITERRANEAN SEAARABIAN SEAPERSIANGULFN0 0400600200800 km300400200100500 miBorder of Russian Empire, c.1900Mode of travelLandSea/riverRailKhudaferinKhudaferinYANBUYANBURUSSIAN EMPIREOTTOMAN EMPIREPERSIAAFGHANISTANINDIARUSSIAN EMPIREOTTOMAN EMPIREPERSIAAFGHANISTANINDIAMEDITERRANEAN SEAKarsVladimir TulaOrel
MelitopolVladikavkaz
Piatigorsk KarsVladimir TulaOrel
MelitopolDerbentVladikavkaz
PiatigorskKushkaTsaritsyn (Volgograd) TabrizRashtQazvinBAGHDADNajafCairoEL-TORDamascusMedina MeccaSUEZIZMIRKHANEKINKabulPeshawarKrasnovodskShushaKashgarSamarkandMazar-i SharifBukhara
ChardjuiMervAshkhabadGeok-Tepe
Kizil ArvatYerevanJebrailKERMANSHAHKhoy
KazmeinAstrakhanRostovODESSAKHARKOVSimferopolPoltavaKurskMoscowKazan SamaraPenzaNizhni-NovgorodCONSTANTINOPLEEnzeliALEXANDRIABEIRUTPORT SAIDBAKUBATUMISEVASTOPOLKremenchugANDIJAN
KokandTASHKENTKazalinskLenkoranOrenburg Balfrush
KumElisavetopol
Tsaritsyn (Volgograd) TabrizRashtQazvinBAGHDADKarbalaNajafCairoEL-TORDamascusMedina MeccaSUEZIZMIRKHANEKINKabulPeshawarKrasnovodskShushaKashgarSamarkandMazar-i SharifBukhara
ChardjuiMervAshkhabadGeok-Tepe
Kizil ArvatYerevanJebrailKERMANSHAHKhoy
KazmeinAstrakhanRostovODESSAKHARKOVSimferopolPoltavaKurskMoscowKazan SamaraPenzaNizhniiNovgorodCONSTANTINOPLEEnzeliALEXANDRIABEIRUTPORT SAIDBombayBAKUBATUMISEVASTOPOLKremenchugANDIJAN
KokandTASHKENTKazalinskLenkoranOrenburg Balfrush
KumElisavetopolPotiTeheranJEDDAHJEDDAHPerovskNamanganNamanganTURKESTANTURKESTANC ASPIAN SEA