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Borki train disaster

1888 CE · Russian Empire, Asia · Disaster

Borki train disaster
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The Borki train disaster occurred on 29 October [O. S. 17 October] 1888 near Borki station in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire, 295 kilometres (183 mi) south of Kursk, when the imperial train carrying Emperor Alexander III of Russia and his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg derailed at high speed.

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