But Kargopol began to fade into obscurity when seatrade was moved to St. Petersburg and, later on, when railroads were built that bypassed the town.
后来海上贸易中心转移到了圣彼得堡，接着新修的铁路又绕开了这个小镇，卡尔歌普日渐湮没无闻。
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The sheer scale of the investment it took to begin commercial expansion at sea reflects the immensity of the profits that such East-West trade could create.