 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Njanji yeTrans-Siberian yakavakwa pakati pa1896 na1902. Kuvaka njanji inonakidza iri nechokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweLake Baikal kwaida mabhiriji 200 uye migero 33. Kusvikira rapera kuvakwa, chikepe chechitima chaitakura ngoro dzechitima kubva kuPort Baikal kuenda kuMysovaya kwemakore anoverengeka. Gungwa racho rakava nzvimbo yekurwisana kuduku pakati peuto reCzechoslovak neRed Army muna 1918. Pane dzimwe nguva munguva yechando inotonhora, gungwa racho raigona kuyamburwa netsoka - kunyange zvazvo raiva nengozi yokuomeswa nechando uye kupisa muviri kwakakomba kubva kumhepo inotonhora yaifamba isina kuvhiringidzwa pamativi akafara echando. Munguva yechando ya1920, Great Siberian Ice Marchkwakaitika, apo Hondo yeWhite Russian yakanga ichidzokera shure yakayambuka Gungwa reBaikal rainge raoma nechando. Mhepo yaiva pagungwa rakanga risina mvura yakanga ichitonhora zvikuru, vanhu vazhinji vakafa, vachioma nechando panzvimbo yacho kutozosvikira kuchitonhora kwechirimo. Kutanga muna 1956, kucherwa kweDhamu reIrkutsk riri paRwizi rwaAngara kwakasimudza mwero wegungwa racho ne100 000. 