Belgorod Communications Museum

Not many people know that a curious museum is opened in Belgorod, telling about the history of the formation and development of communication in the region. October 2, 1903 - on the birthday of the Belgorod telephone network, the official opening of the Zemstvo telephone station in Belgorod took place and exactly 100 years later - in October 2003 this event was marked by the opening of the Belgorod Communication Museum. The funds of this wonderful museum number more than 3 thousand exhibits. Telephones of the world's leading companies of the early twentieth century, rare radios, the first domestic TVs KVN - 49, loudspeakers, teletypes are presented in all variety.

All equipment is presented against the background of the situation of past years and is illustrated by photographs, posters, documents on which the work of telegraphers, telephone operators, installers, overseers of communication offices, military signalmen is shown.

The amazing thing about the museum is that they all work. So the phone on the wall is connected to the switch at the time, and you can call and see the connection to the signal.

There are many other interesting things to see in the museum. For example, the list of subscribers of the Belgorod telephone exchange for 1931 or the solemn form of telephone operators helping to carry out long-distance and international communication at the 1980 Olympics and much more.

The museum collection continues to grow today: a large section of the exposition is devoted to modern means of communication.