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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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Charity event "Sing for Hope"

October 5, 2022

On October 5, at the National Museum of History of Moldova, took place a unique event: the launch of a piano painted by refugee children from Ukraine.

The "Sing for Hope" project is one of the largest public art projects in New York City and brings pianos painted by artists to the city's parks and public spaces. "Sing for Hope" aims to support children from war zones or who are in vulnerable situations through art therapy.

The piano was painted both by children from Ukraine and by children from Chisinau at Community Center 151, on October 4, together with the painter Momoshi.

The launch of the piano took place at the National Museum of History of Moldova on Wednesday, October 5, and gathered a lot of beautiful people. The event was opened by Iana Stantieru - the director of the Europe's Art Gallery and co-organizer of the event together with the project coordinator Victoria Donu. His Excellency Marko Shevchenko - Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Moldova was present at the event and spoke about the situation in Ukraine. The program of the event also included a poetry recital about war and peace by Dumitru Crudu, Maria Ivanov and Jazgul Orozov, a piano and voice music recital by the great performer Cătălin Josan and a charity painting exhibition organized by Europe's Art together with union of Ukrainian visual artists in the Republic of Moldova.

The art exhibition will remain at the museum until October 28 and the amount collected from the sales of paintings will be donated to refugee children from Ukraine.

The project was organized in partnership with the National Museum of History of Moldova, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Moldova, Art Fest, Moldova for Peace, Community Center 151, Europe's Art Gallery, Women in Art for Peace, the Theater Center of Moldova.

The National Museum of History of Moldova is honored to be among the partners of this charity event, being open to contribute at any time to the promotion of actions to support people in need. The National Museum of History of Moldova is a promoter of peace and peaceful coexistence between peoples.