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- Transcaucasus_Railway comment "The Transcaucus Railway (Russian: Железная дорога совещания, Turkish: Kafkas Demiryolu) was the first railway in Caucasia. It was funded by the Russian Empire as a strategic railway connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea. Caucasia was a land disputed between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire. The railway would allow the Russian army to have better control of Caucasia. Also with the Trans-Caspian railway, Russia could transport troops from Central Asia much faster.".