Refugees In Arctic Russia -- The refugees train snowed up. The last British Refugees from Petrograd. The railway journey from Petrograd to Murmansk took eight days. To procure the Russian freight cars necessary to convey the refugees large sums of money had to be paid to various officials in petrograd. For the first 300 versts (250 Miles) it cost each man 150 roubles (?15). June 11, 1918. (Photo by Daily Mirror).;Refugees In Arctic Russia -- The refugees train snowed up. The last British Refugee