Cherepanov steam locomotive

The Cherepanov steam locomotive was the first steam locomotive built in Russia. Yefim and Miron Cherepanov constructed the locomotive in 1834. The model ran from a factory in Nizhny Tagil to a nearby mine. The track constructed to compliment the locomotive would be the first steam railway in Russia. They constructed a second model to be sent to Saint Petersburg in 1835.Though horse-powered transport would be the dominant form of transporting goods in Russia for many of the following years, the construction of the locomotive may have been influential in the growth of rail transport in Russia.