Konstantin Mikhaylovsky

[1] The next project for Mikhaylovsky was service as chief of construction of the Zlatoust–Chelyabinsk Railway (1891–92), which was opened on 22 October (3 November) 1892.

[2][3][4] In 1898 Mikhaylovsky was named chairman of the committee formed to plan improvements to the Middle Siberian Railway.

For many years, Mikhaylovsky worked on creating the modern infrastructure of Russian Empire needed for commerce such as the export of wheat to Europe (as in the case of the Mariinsky Water System) or the transportation of cargo and passengers to and from the western regions of Russia across Siberia to the Far East (as in the case of the Trans-Siberian Railway).

For his contributions to railway development, Mikhaylovsky was made an honorary citizen of Chelyabinsk and of Halych.

On February 24, 1907, his admirer the Emperor Nicholas II awarded him the rank of Actual Privy Councillor.