The establishment of a telephone network in Karachay-Cherkessia (1920s - first half of the 1930s)

The article examines the aspects of the formation and development of telephone communication in the territory of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic in the period of the 1920s - the first half of the 1930s. It is noted that the rudiments of telephony in the region by 1917 were destroyed during the civil war. As a result, the industry was actually being created anew in the early years of Soviet rule. By the early 1930s, thanks to the efforts of the authorities, supported by the enthusiasm of the local population, some success had been achieved in the development of the telephone network. At the same time, telephony at that time remained the property, first of all, of regional and district centers in the territory of the Karachay and Cherkess autonomous regions.