The collapse of the imperial train in 1888
The catastrophe of 1888, which provoked the popularity of the village of Borki throughout the Russian Empire. The crash of the Imperial Train occurred on October 17, 1888 at 2:14 p.m. on the 295th kilometer of the Kursk-Kharkov-Azov line south of Kharkiv. The royal family traveled from the Crimea to St. Petersburg. The main version was a train accident as a result of a number of technical factors: poor track condition and high train speed. Before the eyes of the survivors of the crash was a terrible picture of destruction. Everyone rushed to search for the imperial family and soon saw the king and his family alive and unharmed. The car with the imperial dining room, which housed Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna with children, was completely destroyed. They miraculously survived, despite the fact that the tragedy claimed the lives of at least 20 people. The salvation of the imperial family was interpreted in the official press and in the church tradition as a miracle; an Orthodox church was built on the site of the disaster.
The photo shows the consequences of the train crash.
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