Trans-Siberian Railway men and ammunition coming from west to east would have to wait in the sidings, whilst troops and injured personnel in a troop train travelling from east to west went along the line. Thus the Japanese were quickly able to advance whilst the Russians were awaiting necessary troops and supplies. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the railway served as the vital line of communication for the Czechoslovak Legion and the allied armies that landed troops at Vladivostok during the Siberian Intervention of the Russian Civil War. These forces supported the White Russian government of Admiral Alexander Kolchak, based in
West Siberian Railway West-Siberian railway. January 17, 1979 in accordance with the Decree of the Council of Ministers of USSR No. 1091 of 28.12.1978 G. from part dedicated the Kemerovo Railway, which in 1996 joined back. October 1, 2003, the road became part of Russian Railways company. The management building was built in 1936. Recipient of the Order of Lenin. West Siberian Railway West Siberian Railway () is a Rail operator of Russian Railways and part of the Great Trans-Siberian Railway crossing the Omsk, Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, Tomsk, and Altai regions of the Russian Federation as well as a portion of Kazakhstan. The company