(c) The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. It was built between 1891 and 1916 to connect Moscow with Vladivostok. It passes through the cities of Perm, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Kazan, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Chita and Khabarovsk. It does not pass through the city of Sochi.