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One of the great technical achievements that revolutionized the idea of time and space, opening a new era in the history of communication, is telegraphy. It is based on the transmission of electrical signals through a cable over long distances, allowing people to communicate instantly. The telegraph spread very quickly and a network of wires stretched around the world.

In 1837, the American painter and physicist Samuel Morse invented the first electromagnetic device for telegraphy, patented in 1840. To send messages by wire, Morse developed in 1838 a simple code of dots and dashes, which represented the letters of the alphabet, known as "Morse code ".

Both Morse code and the telegraph machine were improved over time, with the telegraph becoming the most widespread system of communication and information transmission for more than a century, until the advent of the Internet. The telegraph system consisted of a series of stations repeaters along the transmission line route. Each station had an operator who received and transmitted messages by telegraph. The Morse machine transmitted about 25 words per minute, which were recorded in code on a paper tape. The operator in charge of transmitting the message would decode it and write it on paper using a special typewriter.

In Bessarabia, the telegraph entered in 1860: on April 8, the Bender telegraph station began its activity, and on April 24, the one in Chisinau, following the construction of the first Odesa-Chisinau-Leova telegraph line. Currently, telegraph services have been discontinued. The only ones who still use coded communication are radio amateurs.

The Morse telegraph machine shown comes from the Osinoostrovsky electrotechnical plant, Soviet Union, and dates back to 1934. The exhibit was restored by Mihail Culașco.

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"The formula of peace in the art of children from Ukraine and the world"

December 6-31, 2023

On December 6, on Saint Nicholas Day, at 16.00, at the National Museum of History of Moldova, the art exhibition " The formula of peace in the art of children from Ukraine and the world " will be opened, at the initiative of the charity foundation "Lviv Children's Gallery" ", Ukraine, (director Olga Mykhailiuk) and the "Spouses of Ukrainian diplomats" community, with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova.

The project was attended by 150 children from 7 schools and art studios, centers for refugees aged between 4 and 18, without national or territorial restrictions.

The purpose of the project is to invite talented children of Ukraine and the world to participate in the international marathon of mobile exhibitions to demonstrate the philosophy of the "peace formula" in the information and cultural space of the world, revealing in the artistic images of children's art the real world and the dreams of our children for a happy future for mankind and a peaceful sky above the Earth, so that as many countries as possible understand the horrors of war and support Ukraine in its fight against Russian terrorism for freedom and independence.

To highlight the understanding of the philosophy of the "peace formula" in the artistic images, the participants could choose from 10 themes, such as:

- We are children of Ukraine - messengers of peace on Earth
- Our defenders - Angels of peace
- Clear sky above Earth
-Ukraine is my dream country
- The living land of my Ukraine - Prayer for the victory of Ukraine - Man and nature
- A grain of hope
- Good and bad
- NO to environmental disaster!
- NO to any aggression!

The project was implemented with the support of: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine,, Regional Administration of the city of Lviv, Ukraine.