What the records say
- When
- 29 Oct 1888
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 49.69° N, 36.13° E
- Description
- train wreck
- Deaths
- 21
Borki train disaster
1888 event involving Alexander III of Russia
The Borki train disaster occurred on 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1888 near Borki station in Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire, 295 kilometres (183 mi) south of Kursk, when the imperial train carrying Emperor Alexander III of Russia and his family from Crimea to Saint Petersburg derailed at high speed. Twenty-one people died at the scene and two later, and many others were injured.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Eisenbahnunfall von Borki sterben 23 Menschen, die Familie von Zar Alexander III., die sich im Zug befindet, bleibt unverletzt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “крушение императорского поезда Александра III у станции Борки Курско-Харьково-Азовской железной дороги, серьёзно подкосившее здоровье императора”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page