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Today in History, Feb. 13

By The Moscow Times
The Tver station, which lay on the Nikolayevskaya railroad route. Goffert

172 years ago today, on Feb. 13, 1842, Nicholas I ordered the construction of a railroad connecting St. Petersburg and Moscow. Construction was completed nine years later, with the railroad named "Nikolayevskaya" in his honor.

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