The Electricity sector in Imperial Russia developed in the late nineteenth century.

Vladimir Chikolev Vladimir Nikolaevich Chikolev (23 July 23 August 1845, Peski - 22 February March 1898, St Petersburg) was a Russian scientist who specialised in electrical engineering. He founded the company Elektrotekhnik. He attended the Moscow Alexander ...

founded the

electrical engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

section of the Imperial Russian Technical Society in 1878.

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{{Energy in Russia Electric power in Russia Economy of the Russian Empire