Answer:
by providing the means to ship valuable natural resources from Siberia
Step-by-step explanation:
The Trans-Siberian or simply Trans-Siberian railroad is a rail network connecting European Russia with the provinces of the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China and the Sea of Japan.
It is often associated with the Russian transcontinental convoy connecting hundreds of large and small cities of Russia, both in Europe and Asia. With 9,289 km, covering eight time zones and taking several days to complete a journey, it is the third longest continuous service in the world after the services of the Moscow-Pyongyang lines.