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There is no doubt that there are many ways to travel, but that said, most travelers consider traveling on the Trans-Siberian Railway to be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

This is a trip that has been described in novels, praised in songs, recorded in travel journals, and portrayed in movies. It can be called an epic journey.

Of course, this is only for modern tourists. If we put the time forward tens or a hundred years ago, this railway represented exile, prison, and even death for many people.

But if you remove those perceptual contents, you will find that this railway is just one of the most convenient and cheapest ways to travel from one place to another through the vast expanse of Russia via land.

The main line of the Trans-Siberian Railway was built between 1891 and 1916, connecting the Russian capital Moscow with the country's eastern port of Vladivostok.

Originally known as the Trans-Siberian Railway, this railway was laid between the Ural Mountains and the Russian Far East to connect southern Siberia with the European part of Russia.

But today, the extension of this railway has made it generally recognized that the western starting point of this railway is Russia's second largest city, St. Petersburg, known as the Venice of the North, located on the Gulf of Finland.

When it was completed that year, this railway was called the longest railway in the world. If the entire journey is included, it was close to 10,000 kilometers. Even the railway itself was thousands of kilometers long.

Of course, such a railway is definitely not just a single railway as everyone imagines, but a complex railway system composed of thousands of kilometers of railways, including branch railways, trunk railways and branch railways.

Liang En and the others also planned to take a railway trip while heading to their destination this time, so they set out from Moscow and then took the famous Golden Eagle eastward to their destination.

This is a Siberian Express train operated by a British company. The entire train is worth 25 million US dollars. It is a brand-new train and the first train in Russia with separate toilets and bathrooms in the sleeper compartment.

What's interesting is that this train has two luxury dining cars, each of which can accommodate 64 people, and a bar car. There is a pianist or guitarist playing classical music in this carriage. The table in the dining car can also be folded up by the window to convert the space into a lecture hall or movie screening room.

Of course, consumption in this kind of place is not cheap. For example, the price of the simplest four-course set meal in the dining car is as high as 20 US dollars, and sometimes the dishes are not fully prepared.

But this does not mean that the level of catering is not good. One of the chefs on board is a top master with 30 years of experience in train cooking. He has worked on luxury trains in Germany, Switzerland and France.

According to him, the work here is more challenging than in Europe, because everything on the trains in Europe is pre-processed and just needs to be unpacked and reheated.

But this is definitely not the case on Russian trains. Everything here is fresh, and all cooking work has to be done from scratch. Whether it is peeling potatoes or putting them on the plate, the chef needs to do it himself.

In addition, several station restaurants have also been restored, and tourists can go to these restaurants to enjoy the specialties of the areas where the train passes.

The reason why Liang En Catering attaches so much importance is that although the Russian autumn wilderness looks very good, it would look a bit boring if there were similar landscapes along the way.

Therefore, compared to the unchanging scenery outside the window, Liang En was more interested in the menu on this train that was said to be different during the journey, because it could bring him more surprises.

Finally, after a week, Liang En and the others, who were a little tired of train travel, finally arrived at their destination. For the two of them, the trip was indeed exciting at the beginning, but later on the long-term feeling became a bit bad.

"Finally, I can relax a bit." Joan of Arc stretched while standing on the platform. "Taking the train was quite interesting at the beginning, but the further you go, the more it feels like you are in jail."

"You're right. Even the most luxurious trains have very small spaces. Although Russian trains have the largest spaces among all countries, they are still too small compared to the other trains."

Liang En nodded in approval. "Fortunately, we are here now. At least for us, the journey has come to an end. We can go and ask directly about the origin of the jade pendant from before."

Abakan is a city in southern East Siberia, Russia, and the capital of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia. It is located at the confluence of the Yenisey River and its tributary Abakan River in South Siberia, at the southern end of the Krasnoyarsk Reservoir, adjacent to the Minusinsk Basin. The latitude is the same as Hamburg and Minsk.

This is an old city, founded in the 1770s, and is an important railway hub and river port in Siberia. Now the city's main economy comes from the processing of agricultural and forestry products.

After driving for a while after leaving the train station, the car stopped in front of the largest Orthodox cathedral in the area. Walking into the iron gate, a pure white church building stands in the middle of the empty field.

In front of the church is a five-story bell tower with an upward circle at the bottom, and behind it is the square main building of the church. The two floors are connected by a corridor and aisle. Six golden "onions" of various sizes stand on the top of the two floors, shining in the sunlight.

Walk up the stairs into the church sanctuary. The interior is a cross structure, which symbolizes Jesus' death on the cross. The five-story golden shrine on the huge icon wall on the front is inlaid with images of the Father, the Virgin, the Son and various other saints and saints.

The surface of some icons is covered with a concave-convex surface made of silver or silver-plated metal, with holes left on the face and hands to reveal the saint's face and hands inside, forming a perfect combination that makes the icons look more three-dimensional and vivid.

There is a podium-like altar in front of the icon wall, where the bishop leads the believers in prayer, so it is also the most important location in the entire temple.

There are also some facilities on both sides of the altar. The east side houses the crucifix of Jesus on the cross, and the west side is surrounded by a golden screen to form a confessional.

The surrounding walls and dome are covered with various exquisite murals, one by one, telling stories from heaven one after another. The whole church is solemn and magnificent.

Although it was not a sect, Joan of Arc still prayed silently after entering the church, then turned to look at Liang En and asked, "What are we doing here? Is it to visit the church?"

"Ah, no, of course not." Liang En said as he pulled Joan through the side door of the church, "It's just that the person we are looking for is a clergyman who works here."

"Ah, so that's it." After listening to Liang En's words, Jeanne nodded, and then followed him through the side door of the church to the living area behind the church.

This is a building that looks close to the style of a church, but if you look closely, you will find that this building is only traditional on the outside, and it is a modern building on the inside.

Because they had already made contact on the train, Liang En and the others walked into the building after chatting with the guard at the door, and then knocked on the door of a room on the second floor.