The “1917 Revolution in Vyatka” section of the exhibition houses a Siemens and Halske telegraph: by a twist of fate, it found itself at the center of the major revolutionary events a hundred years ago.
In 1846–1847, Werner von Siemens designed a pointer telegraph. To launch its mass production, together with the mechanic Johann Halske, he founded a company that soon constructed the first telegraph line in Europe from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main.
In 1851, he delivered 75 telegraph sets to Russia for the country’s first telegraph line between St. Petersburg and Moscow. With its underdeveloped infrastructure and vast territory, the Russian Empire was in dire need of modern, fast, and reliable means of communication. “Siemens and Halske” Joint-Stock Company established telegraph communication between remote regions, using truly revolutionary technology. There was so much work to be done in Russia that Siemens established a subsidiary with workshops on Vasilyevsky Island.
October 25, 1917 marked an important milestone in the history of Russia — as a result of a proletarian revolution, the Bolshevik Party came to power. Residents of the Vyatka Governorate found out about the Bolshevik Revolution in Petrograd only on October 27. The radio operator Nikolay Romanovich Dozhdikov used a Siemens and Halske telegraph at the government radio station in Tsarskoye Selo and repeatedly addressed all citizens with the announcement of the victory of the revolution in Russia.
It was Dozhdikov who announced to the entire world,
In 1846–1847, Werner von Siemens designed a pointer telegraph. To launch its mass production, together with the mechanic Johann Halske, he founded a company that soon constructed the first telegraph line in Europe from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main.
In 1851, he delivered 75 telegraph sets to Russia for the country’s first telegraph line between St. Petersburg and Moscow. With its underdeveloped infrastructure and vast territory, the Russian Empire was in dire need of modern, fast, and reliable means of communication. “Siemens and Halske” Joint-Stock Company established telegraph communication between remote regions, using truly revolutionary technology. There was so much work to be done in Russia that Siemens established a subsidiary with workshops on Vasilyevsky Island.
October 25, 1917 marked an important milestone in the history of Russia — as a result of a proletarian revolution, the Bolshevik Party came to power. Residents of the Vyatka Governorate found out about the Bolshevik Revolution in Petrograd only on October 27. The radio operator Nikolay Romanovich Dozhdikov used a Siemens and Halske telegraph at the government radio station in Tsarskoye Selo and repeatedly addressed all citizens with the announcement of the victory of the revolution in Russia.
It was Dozhdikov who announced to the entire world,
