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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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Azerbaijan-Moldova youth forum "Karabakh is Azerbaijan"

January 19, 2023

On January 19, in the premises of the National Museum of History of Moldova, took place the Azerbaijan-Moldova youth forum "Karabakh is Azerbaijan" on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Leader of the Nation of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev.

Representatives of state institutions and various organizations from Moldova and Azerbaijan participated in the forum. Among those present were Vitalie Jacot, deputy of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, president of the Moldova-Azerbaijan friendship parliamentary group, Dmitri Moruz, director of the Inter-Ethnic Relations Agency, Nicolae Radita, adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova on Human Rights and Inter-Ethnic Relations, Elena Pentelei, general director of the National Library of the Republic of Moldova, Agil Alesker, general director of media of the "Epoca Nouă" group, Nihad Allahyarly, president of the "Continuare" youth movement, students and young people both from Moldova and Azerbaijanis who have settled in Moldova.

The Ambassador of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the Republic of Moldova, Gudsi Osmanov, mentioned in his speech that the Forum is being held on the eve of an important date of mourning in the history of the Azerbaijani people - January 20, which marked the beginning of the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Mr. Ambassador noted that the Leader of the Whole Nation of the Azerbaijani people, Heydar Aliyev, was the one who was not afraid to come to the Permanent Representation of Azerbaijan in Moscow on January 21, 1990, condemning before the international community the actions of the Soviet government and gave a political appreciation - legal of these events. The ambassador wanted to highlight the role of Heydar Aliyev in the development of the Azerbaijani youth, recalling the care and attention he paid to this sphere and which is successfully continued today by his worthy successor, President Ilham Aliyev.

The young active members of the Congress of Azeris from Moldova were handed certificates of appreciation.

The event was organized with the support of the Youth Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the Republic of Moldova, the Congress of Azeris from Moldova and the public association "Support for the initiative and development of youth" in collaboration with the National Museum of History of Moldova.