The Russian "Gift" to America

Do you like watching television programs? If yes, then you will be interested to know that the inventor of television was born in the city of Murom, Vladimir region. Vladimir Kozmich Zvorykin was born into a wealthy merchant family.

But the revolution broke out and Vladimir Kozmich emigrated to America. And there, he patents the kinescope, the iconoscope is the basis of our television receiver. Zworykin is sometimes called a “Russian gift to America.” Americans still call him the father of television. Such an interesting person was born and spent his youth in Murom. Having come to his homeland, everyone will be able to learn a lot more interesting about his fate.

In Murom, the Zworykin family house has been preserved, a monument to the inventor has recently appeared.

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