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America’s relationship to Russia had been mostly nonexistent in 1853 (with the notable exception of American engineers essentially building Russia’s railroad system in the 1840s).

George Washington Whistler, the father of the painter James McNeill Whistler, was one of those engineers.

Russia did have civil engineers of their own who also participated in building the railroads. There's no need to diminish that.

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It’s not safe to diminish Russians /s

I’ve read more on the American RxR actions during WW1 w the Trans Siberian railway. A fascinating series of events but with little to show for America in the end.

Another swing and a miss by Woodrow Wilson. I have no problem dominating him.