Holidays of Russia - Day of the creation of government communications of the Russian Federation

The first day of June is a holiday of Russian government communications, the day of its creation The need for special high-frequency communications (HF communications) arose in the late 20s of the last century What was needed was a connection that was protected from eavesdropping, through which important government messages could be transmitted At the end of 1930, the first test conversations took place with the city of Kharkov using new telephone sets equipped with a special design that masks speech June 1 of the following year, 1931, marked the birth of secure international communications Scientific research did not stop there What was required was not just communication with interference, but encrypted transmission of information Soviet scientists made every effort to create a unique type of communication These developments subsequently played an invaluable role for the victory of our people during the Great Patriotic War The signalmen transmitted important messages about the location of enemy troops and the coordinates of the location of Soviet units in need of reinforcements In the 50s of the 20th century, a dedicated encryption PBX of the Kremlin was created In the 60s, space developments, in particular satellites, were used to improve the quality and confidentiality of communications In the second half of the 20th century, rich in disasters, international wars, counter-terrorism operations, the use of special communications helped save many lives and determine the positive outcome of military operations for Russia June 1990 was marked by the emergence of a communication channel for the President of the USSR A Presidential Decree was issued, laying the legal foundations for the existence of government communications and the creation of a new government body responsible for communications, the Federal Agency for Communications and Information under the President This body existed for 13 years In 2003, the Federal Security Service of Russia, the Federal Security Service (FSO) of Russia, the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia, and the Special Communications and Information Service under the FSO of Russia were appointed responsible for government communications Government communications in Russia play an important role in the protection and well-being of the people of Russia, therefore June 1 is a holiday not only for special communications workers, but also for residents of our entire country