No. 1 (2025): Issue № 1
On the Cover is the First Russian Electrotechnical Exhibition in 1880 (Illustration by A.F. Baldinger).
Source: Baldinger A.F. Vsemirnaya illyustratsiya – in Russ. (World Illustration), 1880, No. 591.
The first Russian electrotechnical exhibition on the territory of the Salt Town in St. Petersburg was held in March 1880 by the newly created VI (Electrotechnical) department of the Russian Technical Society. A specialist was present at each stand, telling visitors about the operation of a particular device. Such guides were called "explainers", and at the exhibition they were famous electrical engineers: P.N. Yablochkov, V.N. Chikolev, D.A. Lachinov and A.M. Butlerov. With the funds raised from this exhibition, the publication of the magazine "Electricity" was organized.
