Siemens in Russia
1852-1855
Construction of the Russian state telegraph network
1853
Opening of a construction office in St. Petersburg.
1855
Founding of a subsidiary in St. Petersburg, headed by Carl Siemens.
1855-1867
Signing of contracts for the maintenance of the state telegraph network (Remonte contracts).
1882-1883
Construction of a cable plant in St. Petersburg.
Founding of the lighting company Gesellschaft für elektrische Beleuchtung; installation of large-scale lighting systems in St. Petersburg and Moscow.
1898
Founding of Russische Elektrotechnische Werke Siemens & Halske AG, St. Petersburg.
1913
Founding of Russische Aktiengesellschaft Siemens-Schuckert.
1927
Participation in the construction of the Soviet hydroelectric power plant Dnjeprostroj (completed in 1932).
1928-1936
Establishment of a consulting office in Moscow.
1934
Consulting and project planning for the construction of the first subway in Moscow.
1959
Delivery of 20 locomotives with silicon rectifiers to the USSR.
1971
Siemens sets up an agency in Moscow.
1975
Delivery of an automation system for the world’s largest rolling mill in Tscherepowetz.
1982
Delivery of the entire equipment for the All-Union Cardiac Center in Moscow.
1991
Opening of a branch office in St. Petersburg.
Construction of the world’s longest radio relay line, between Moscow and Chabarowsk (ca. 8000 km).
1997
Founding of the regional company OOO Siemens.
2003
Laying of the cornerstone for Siemens’ Russia headquarters in Moscow
2005
Siemens expands mobile phone networks for MTS in Russia, Belorussia and the Ukraine
2006
Siemens wins an order from the Russian Evraz Holding Group to modernize the Nizhniy Tagil Iron and Steel Works (NTMK)
2007
Launch of production of total of eight Velaro RUS high-speed trains for the Russian state railway (RZD)
