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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 opening of the graphic and painting exhibition "Ion Tâbîrță. In memoriam"

March 28, 2024

The National Museum of History of Moldova had the honor to mark the opening of the graphic and painting exhibition "Ion Tâbîrță. In memoriam", tribute to the outstanding plastic artist Ion Tâbîrță.

During the event, with speeches participated the Minister of Culture Sergiu Prodan, the Deputy Director of NMHM Livia Ermurachi, the curator of the exhibition Serghei Kliuchnikoff, the plastic artist Ghenadie Jalbă, Luminița Tăburța, the daughter of the painter Ion Tâbîrța, and Rodica Tăburța, the head of the Design department at the Faculty, Computer Science, Engineering and Design ULIM.

The exhibition "Ion Tâbîrță. In memoriam" presented approximately 50 of the artist's works, some of which were exhibited for the first time in front of the public. Among them were series of paintings, linocuts and etchings, illustrating the variety and depth of his creation. Ion Tâbîrță was known for his diverse approach, exploring themes such as everyday life, the urban and rural landscape, as well as outstanding historical figures. The master's works have been appreciated and exhibited in more than 20 countries, and many of them can be found in the collections of art museums in the Republic of Moldova and abroad.

The exhibition "Ion Tâbîrță. In memoriam" is open to the public from March 28 to April 28, 2024, in Hall 1 of the National Museum of History of Moldova, Chisinau, str. 31 August 1989, no. 121A.