to. wash your hands in the sweltering grip of the sun we just suffered a severe drought to fall without all of us. up next our special report explores the mist surrounding the so-called golden train the locomotive used to save the russian empire gold was in the bolsheviks but that dissipate is without . russia celebrated me a deep sea submersibles have uncovered quite a few secrets hidden underwater. on one occasion a scientific expedition found traces of the so-called gold train which crashed into lake baikal in the early twentieth century. according to the scientists part of the russian empire as gold reserves is still to be still on the lake bed amidst which is left of old railway cause. some claim it law is

a siberian ministry. others say it is hidden away in case of the country's far east even though it's now the czech republic. what happened to the bulk of the russian empires gold reserves which went missing in t.v. is one of the most ensuring myths of russian history if. if. by cal is not the only place linked to the mystery of the russian empire as gold was foreclosed on the bed of the world's deepest lake will you be the tip of the iceberg in the past century trainloads of gold went missing across the country the precious payloads travelled with east leaving a multitude of secrets and room is in their wake. because it is a city eight hundred kilometers east of moscow. most of the

russian empire as gold was set out on a moment journey from this old city nearly a hundred years ago. the bolsheviks and seized power in russia often by nine hundred seventeen revolution the civil war was still raging and at that time there was fighting on the streets between the morning just wants movement and the bolshevik read all the power in the city changed hands many times this photo was taken in early nine hundred eighteen. the red army corps cavalry is marching victoriously along the streets of. the bolsheviks seize this building as a matter of priority at the time it was the king of the national bank. nearly ninety years of paul since then but today too there is a bank behind the stores according to the bank's accounts there was some one thousand two hundred eighty tons of valuables here in the one nine hundred eighteen

including gold platinum and silva today the gold alone would be worth more than twenty six billion dollars. but you know the time that russian gold reserves was one of the world's largest if not the largest usa had not yet accumulated because gold reserves it has now. transporting some. a bulky and heavy call go was quite a problem the bolsheviks wasted no time laying tram tracks leading to the bank building the only it was to use trams to take the gold to the river pier this old picture shows. their street the cars keep on the footpath because the rest of the pavement is occupied by tracks the could of least directly to the banks main entrance to the gold was to have been removed from the bike on august the fifth

month hundred eighty. one percent of people peroration dion's to the question is contained in the archive of all to live in professor of history at university he is drawing the witness reports to reconstruct that day's events almost in full could they be attributed to. one of the eyewitnesses who writes that outrageous brought the team self-worth into the beast matilde because on bank only in the evening of august the fifth they were about to start removing valuables from the bank when the city was shelled by the enemy. when four trucks and shipped them and fifty armed red army men down to the bank they started moving gold out despite the shelling but they could take out only a hundred crates with gold worth six million roubles and ninety five million rubles worth of my bank notes for. the war and all me and units of the so-called czechoslovak legion entered. with the seventh one

thousand nine hundred eighteen the commander vladimir kapil sent a telegram to only headquarters of the he visited the bank it said the trophies beyond all calculation we have seized russia's gold of the whites were in includes to repeat the bolsheviks mistake they made swift arrangements for the valuables to be taken out of to a safe distance from the front line. here in this yard they brought a card to the back yard then as. anybody capable of lifting heavy weights help shift those enormous loads. the goal was taken to the pool by trams and translated by the bolsheviks but they never have the opportunity to use them because it was guarded by the russian soldiers although legionnaires from the czech and slovak cool with the first seize the bank. puzzle could have is a military historian as well as the president of the czechoslovak legion as

memorial society but this is the standard uniform of the russian army worn cheering world war one this one is the uniform of the service men of the chant brigade as can be seen from the crimson shorter strips the czech brigade was formed in the summer of nine hundred fourteen and became good basis for the. russian school. during world war one russian emperor nicholas the second but the idea of forming a military brigade consisting of czechs and slovaks living in russia the legion is what to find on the side of the russian army against a straight hungry and germany immediately after the nine hundred seventeen revolution the czech slovak legion gave support to the point movement in russia against the bolsheviks but equally janeiro's wanted was to get back to their home country these pictures from the colors of the military institute in prague they

tell the story of the czechoslovak legions journey by rail from samoa to volleyball stuck in the country's east the gold train for it's the same route. just a lot actually koslow x. fought in a special sector of the front porch when admiral cole chuck seized power they took a neutral position and now they wanted to achieve their initial goal the aim was to get to lady was talking with the intention of returning to europe this means that nobody but admiral cole charke had access to the gold reserves. the empty base or big government forms in siberia and live a midnight in a team named alexander culture russia's head of state and supreme commander in chief of the home force of the whites movement culture took control of most of the gold the whites had seized because. the bullshit culture offensive

in the summer of ninety nine team forced culture expo me to retreat eastwards. when the train load of gold surtitles a little journey through siberia called check this in its own personal courage next to the steam locomotive units of the czech slovak teacher make sure the train had free passage throughout the route and that's why they were in control of the entire lake to translate period railway. professor of history prologues military institute the truth the route of the gold train based on military reports and accounts by officers of the czech slovak legion blocks in one thousand twenty officials from the ministry of finance a former sars to russia were constantly with the russian gold reserve travelling from cars and to here could. this means they were in control of the gold in one way or another you know of course there is much speculation about whether or not some

of it was stolen from. the golden train called the long distance by nine hundred twenty the gold was taken from to samoa this. was placed on the train them and sent them from homes to goldman trained to give cooks in the east of the country so we need to train station it was discovered that a huge amount of the gold was missing by that time and culture exporters to go on to the golden trade was handed over to the czechoslovak legionnaires. tin it is a small station the train loaded with gold came here nearly ninety years ago thirteen crates of bullion were found to be missing on january the twelfth months hundred twenty eight days of the legionnaires began guarding the train. this theft was reported by nature koslow x.

because the russian guards had disappeared so there was no one else who could report this theft some of the treasures had also disappeared it was discovered early in the morning by the chief khosla max standing guard. when they approached the carriage to find out what had happened they saw that the doors had been broken and that something was missing inside. with this document refutes what historian powell cutrone claims the report states that a russian by the name of hsu called in a beijing official by the name of keselowski discovered the absence of two seals on one of the carriages they also discovered that thirteen crates of gold were missing the report stresses that the carriages were in good order both inside and outside the documents wrists in the old clothes approx institute of military history. libya bank was in this building. it was founded by the men of the czech slovak cool

off to their return from russia in one nine hundred twenty it was the first bank of the newly independent czech state. and its menu i'm sure thirteen creates wouldn't have made much difference today to cost the american economy what's really helped it was the fact that issued its own currency. the train with what was left of the russian emperors gold continue going to wait east today or could come to that station in short crates which disappeared without a trace the next stop on the gold trains route would prove fatal for culture.

every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and want to bring the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world to join us it's acknowledging update on our g hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. in conspicuous railway hope has a permanent place in the history of the gold of the russian empire to date the station is called to but in general no one hundred twenty it bore the name. it was here that the offices of the czechoslovak legion arrested their russian ally admiral cool check this unremarkable platform he and his colleagues were locked up

in this small house and were then handed over to the revolutionaries in this way they were given safe passage to a port of blood of stock so they could sail home. to. chuckle slovaks surrendered culture to centrist revolutionaries in their coats they wanted to have them put on trial. with the arrival of the bolsheviks they deposed the centrists arrested culture and executed him. from. having played their role to the excuse of a coup trick the chief slovak dejan is resumed the journey in the direction of the full blooded. nel the question is where did the gold go and they looking for it in lake by cop. this story and alexander. event. have lived in the body call area.

they are sure the quite a sizable part kolchak's gold ended up in the lake off to one of the trains creche tale that eastbound train was moving along the railway what sold the train was it and where was it carrying that go to according to alexander to the maine coast theory the also slowly in a contract made between the czech slovak engine is and the bolsheviks cutin agreement. to the putin agreement half of russia's gold reserve villagers seized from culture shock was to be handed over to the bolsheviks while the legionnaires kept the other half as a result russia acquired thirteen carriages and the checklist relaxed joke seventy . chick historians disagrees with the theory of

his russian counterpart to truce agreement was signed it station as a result of the truce the russian gold reserve was handed over to the bolshevik government led by lenin. that the treasure was in the state that it had been while in call chocks custody with the exception of the thirteen crete's that had disappeared and station. to the link and even. the distance several times before one hundred twenty kilometers it's a flying. locomotive they are looking for evidence that the golden train controlled by the chicks did indeed crash after the agreement had been signed the bags headed on eastwards with a gold quite a common peanut. however it turned out lennon had sent a telegram ahead to local followers intercourse at the last moment and in it his

message was obliged to blow up the tunnels and bridges and care of the cracks not a single gram of the gold was to be allowed to go any further east. to prove my cold will wait for the world's most dangerous routes and one saw it there was sheer cliffs lake baikal is on the other. there are frequent rock slides here this enormous piece of rock sticking out of the lake has been what caused the crash. the driver of the steam locomotive told event about it when he was still young. according to the driver of the road fragment crashed into the train just when the locomotive that entered the tunnel. just some of the train cars remain on the tracks like others fell in the direction of by call. one of the carriages was on the bank after being ripped apart crates were taken out

of it. in the summer of two thousand and two the linker and other scientists to sent to the bed of lake called on board amid deep sea submersible from here as it did one thousand four hundred meters they found great carriages and post objects resembling crates this picture shows them in great detail childes all of those crates were filled with gold. yes don their stores both under friend reports indicate that several trays of carry the goal of the location of the carriages elemental crates that were so heavy that they couldn't be moved coincides with a crash site because. people in submersibles the only been able to examine the lake bed dragging up heavy objects are an altogether different vessel.

if the search for gold is put on a strictly scientific basis success may be achieved. the eastbound train carrying the gold reserve bypass the siberian city however is in this building that a trace of the so-called siberian share of culture x. gold was found in one thousand nine hundred one. the building used to house the local branch of the soviet k.g.b. today belongs to russia's federal security service back then alexander patrician of the k.g.b. was looking through secret stating from the civil war when he came across a document pertaining to the nine hundred twenty s. it contained a description of the medal stand before culture came to power the new medals the inscription liberation of siberia. knew the medals had already been stamped more than maps got so they were made of precious

metals he ordered them to be added to his gold reserves on the walls and that is to say the russians called reserve. he said it should be kept in church basements in tumble schools other additions included church on a months and possibly valuables belonging to the family a former russian emperor. there are two it is between moscow and tobolsk to is a historical russian city it was founded in the sixteenth century and it used to be the capital of siberia with the with siberian portion of culture x. gold kept of where did it end. there are many streets and churches around to boles according to alexander patricians theory the siberian portion of culture gold was hidden in one of them the street is several kilometers from tobolsk during the civil war. of tobolsk one of his residency is

here. with some of the church valuables and valuables and belonging to the siberian white movement were kept here in the monastery it is now being restored look what it feels like you're just going to see you know you find a lot of metal yes we have lots of but. i found this quite intriguing and there is a lot of metal here because insurgents are taking part in the one nine hundred twenty one peasant revolt were executed here by this wall this one finds gold. and human bones here all in one place which was. cool alexander protrusion of the federal security service now retired has spent a good deal of time in search of culture extolled his job gave him access to secret and transcripts of interrogations relating to archbishop of tobolsk according to his testimony when the rebel army was approaching. one hundred nineteen culture and

ordered the siberian gold be evacuated immediately. in october one thousand nine hundred. one load up from the onto a steam ship called the power of the ak. early winter and there was a lot in cold weather compelled the convoy to hold on near the village of turner no close to sir good. course unloaded the valuable credits and deep in the woods it is not known where the cargo was left those treasures including the prices liberation of siberia metals have not yet been found. for the golden train which is still the translight period railway trimmed includes the russians railways converge at the pool to the full stop in the country's east

and situated no one thousand columbus away from. the trancelike area the wait ten minutes in the city one theory has in the past russians gold is a response city to kolchak's execution. this picture shows czechoslovak legionnaires waiting for the turn to end and ships in the pool to fly to full stop future to transport ships took some seventy thousand officers and men of the czech slovak to teach it to your. members of the army corps where cheering no more arms industry marked on ships personal belongings . but even they were not allowed to exceed a certain weight limit with them and this seems to suggest that there was very little room in those ships therefore i cannot honestly believe that the concept of secure itself on a railway course would have been accommodated dear. this picture from the all cause

of the military institution prologue shows legion is sitting on crates as they prepare for embarkation. and another photo shows large packages on the ships what's in them the only one to be found. it's easiest to treasure hunters in but it will stop all along the route of the gold train believe the part of kolchak's was is hit in some way here. see a game at yankee founder of the motor club began looking for the gold in two thousand and five after he met vic to shoot a local visit to. promise to take sergei to a cave where he said he had found gold bullion with the codes of poems of the russian empire impulse only. suit against friends received official people's interest in them to do its completion work of the sort of the following so gave then made arrangements for the expedition to go.

put up with that there was a hillside waste at the site. we used this analogy of ater to dig up a stone after stone. and they excavator reached a flat surface made of wood cut stone it was easy to see that had been made by hand . well. it seems we can get in there now if we could find gold. only she. told me that he had seen stacks of guild billion credit union and paintings in teams and even some flags. seemed those were paintings because the tubes were quite on. tour but he touched nothing for fear of triggering a blast. team found nothing after two months of work later other treasure hunters literally collapse the cave to the ground vic to shoot more of the man who found the cave in the first place died under mysterious

circumstances this raises the suggestion that he may indeed have found something valuable but whether that was part of the russian empire as gold reserve is still unknown. well most appear through looking for gold charts gold is something of a hobby for motor club members some evidence suggest that it is here in the premarket territory although screech in our nature go richard we are going to know more excavation work in the near future. in the eight hundred twenty the bolsheviks but some of the gold whites have taken from the state banks because brooch fits within that same store with it when all is said and done with it is a significant fact that the gold returned to this building after it siberian journey so it took several days to bring it here by trams and motivate them in october and nine hundred twenty the gold reserve was sent to mexico to prong must.

in the early twentieth century trains carrying crosses the goal of the russian empire which was chile across the country. every now and then the fascination with culture and treasure. to fire up again with renewed vigor many living along the route to gold trim and many other parts of russia claimed they know where the gold bullion is to. sit back withstanding these treasure hunters the term to go on with the. mystery of the girl's disappearance has remained unsold the new the hundred years. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get

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