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📆 #OTD in 1882, the first telephone stations became operational in the Russian Empire. They were launched in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Odessa and Riga. ☝️#FunFact: The first telephone switchboards were operated manually, exclusively by noblewomen, aka #baryshnyas in Russian. https://t.co/xS90VEHYMr — PolitiTweet.org