Fyodor Pirotsky

Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky
Фёдор Аполлонович Пироцкий
picture taken in 1898
BornFebruary 17 [O.S. March 1] 1845
Sencha village, Lokhvitsky Uyezd, Poltava Governorate
DiedFebruary 28 [O.S. March 12] 1898 (aged 53)
Oleshky, Dneprovsky Uyezd, Taurida Governorate
Occupation(s)Engineer, inventor

Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky (Russian: Фёдор Аполлонович Пироцкий; February 17 [O.S. March 1] 1845 – February 28 [O.S. March 12] 1898), or Fedir Apollonovych Pirotskyy (Ukrainian: Федір Аполлонович Піроцький) was a Russian engineer of Rusian ancestry, inventor of the world's first railway electrification system and electric tram[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] While the commercialization of his inventions in the Russian Empire was relatively slow, Pirotsky is known to have met with Carl Heinrich von Siemens and influenced Siemens' eventual introduction of the first regular electric tram line (for the Berlin Straßenbahn).

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  5. ^ Форум донецкого метрополитена :: Просмотр темы - 3 сентября трамваю исполняется 125 лет (in Russian). 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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