The Four-wheeled Story of the City
where Minsk studied what Minsk transport was like one hundred years ago. Urban public transport existed in the Russian Empire in the first half of the XIX century. It originates from omnibuses and carriages. Omnibus is a multi-seat horse-driven carriage with an open platform and seats on the roof. In the course of time, ordinary wheels were replaced with flanged ones, and harnessed horses brought the vehicle to the rails of the urban railways – that is how the horsecar appeared. Carriages were also popular. On a double bench with…
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