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Of course, the most attractive segments of the route are the passing of the obelisk at the border between Europe and Asia (unfortunately, this usually happens at night), the ride through the Ural, the bridges across the wild Siberian rivers, the seemingly never-ending birch woods in the Siberian lowlands, the ride along the shores of Lake Baikal between Irkutsk and Ulan Ude, the trip - including rail change and 3 diesel locomotives - through Mongolia past yurts and endless steppes (extra transit visa necessary), and the Russian-Chinese border which is probably the most abrupt break between European and Asian culture, language, philosophy, cuisine, economic system, and mentality at a customs clearance rate of 8 to 10 (!) hours.
The journey from Moscow to Irkutsk takes just under 4 days and covers 5113 km, 5 time zones, and about 5.6 million railroad ties. To Vladivostok, it takes just under 8 days and 9113 km are covered.