Russian statesman who, as Minister of Finance under Tsar Nicholas II, greatly accelerated construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, one of the largest railway building projects in history, linking European Russia to the Pacific. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Stanford, president of the Central Pacific Railroad and one of the Big Four, presided at the driving of the Last Spike completing the first American transcontinental railroad at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869. Witte, as Russian finance minister from 1892 to 1903, greatly accelerated construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway more than two decades later.
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Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (Russian: Сергей Юльевич Витте, romanized: Sergey Yulyevich Vitte, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈjʉlʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvʲitːɛ]; 29 June [O.S. 17 June] 1849 – 13 March [O.S. 28 February] 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, was a Russian statesman who served as the first prime minister of the Russian Empire, replacing the emperor as head of government.
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During his tenure, he greatly accelerated the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway.
- Preceded By: Leland Stanford
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Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte (Russian: Сергей Юльевич Витте, romanized: Sergey Yulyevich Vitte, IPA: [sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈjʉlʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvʲitːɛ]; 29 June [O.S.
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