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Providing vast areas of the Siberian region with means of electrical communication has been an urgent task at all times. During the war years, this task acquired special significance. It became necessary to organize uninterrupted communications under conditions of an extremely increased load, determined by the needs of the front, on the one hand, and by the needs of the rear, which was being rebuilt in a war-like manner, on the other hand. A main difficulty encountered by the Siberian telecommunications was the lack of spare communication centers, reserve capacities, which the front desperately needed. Another problem was the radial system of wire telecommunications, which did not allow most of the country’s economic centers to connect with each other, bypassing Moscow. The war period left its mark on the work essence of enterprises and telecommunication industries. The telegraph, long-distance telephone communications, as during the civil war, were almost entirely placed to serve the army and state. In this case, the population interests were, as a rule, infringed upon, limited, relegated to the background. The quality level of the telecommunication industry was low as well. Line-station facilities did not meet technical requirements; station facilities, as a rule, were not equipped with the necessary equipment. Single-wire networks were installed everywhere, there was no repair base for telecommunications. Only after transiting initiatives to the Red Army, the accents were again shifted to nationwide communications and establishing traditional operational communications enterprises. Thanks to the internal reserve mobilization and measures of an administrative-repressive nature, Siberian communications managed to strengthen its economic base during the war period. The Siberian industry strengthened significantly due to evacuation means. The region launched the production of telecommunication products (mainly radio products). The equipment of telecommunication enterprises improved greatly with the latest technology and trophy equipment, more advanced as a rule.