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Manufactured in 1902 by AG vorm Siedel & Nauman in Dresden, Germany.

Dimensions: Length - 38 cm, Width - 35 cm, Height - 20 cm. Weight - 16 kg. It entered the museum collection in 1984, transferred from the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History.

The typewriter features a standard carriage mounted on ball bearings and rollers, along with a keyboard equipped with 42 keys. These contain two complete sets of Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, punctuation marks, numbers, and mathematical symbols, enabling the typing of 126 characters. Beneath the metal casing, the type bars are arranged in a fan-like pattern, holding embossed characters and ink ribbon rollers. When the keys are pressed, the type bars strike the inked ribbon, imprinting characters onto the paper tensioned in the machine's roller system.
The side panels are elegantly decorated with refined cast-iron elements in the Art Nouveau style, displaying the brand name - "Ideal." The Polyglott model, featuring a bilingual keyboard patented in the United Kingdom by Max Klaczko from Riga, Latvia, was produced between 1902 and 1913, marking the first typewriter capable of writing in two languages. The "Ideal Polyglott" typewriter was actively sold in the Russian Empire and gained significant popularity in Poland, Bulgaria, and Serbia.
The typewriter - a mechanical device used for printing text directly onto paper - ranks among the most important inventions of the modern era, as it revolutionized communication. From the late 19th century to the early 21st century, it became an indispensable tool, widely used by writers, in offices, for business correspondence, and in private homes. The peak of typewriter sales occurred in the 1950s when the average annual sales in the United States reached 12 million units. In November 2012, the British Brother factory produced what it claimed to be the last typewriter, which was donated to the Science Museum in London.
The advent of computers, word processing software, printers, and the decreasing cost of these technologies led to the typewriter's disappearance from the mainstream market, turning it into a museum exhibit.
June 23 marks Typewriter Day, commemorating the date when American journalist and inventor Christopher Latham Sholes patented his typewriter. This day celebrates the simple yet revolutionary device that has become history, as well as the remarkable literary achievements it has enabled since 1868.

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Publications Journal „Tyragetia"


Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. V [XX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie
ISSN 1857-0240
E-ISSN 2537-6330

Tyragetia, serie nouă, vol. V [XX], nr. 2, Istorie. Muzeologie

Chișinău, 2011

I. Researches


Lilia Zabolotnaia
Marriage institution during middle ages: obstacles and prohibitions. Exploration of historical anthropology and comparative studies

Bogdan Bucur
Wallachian great boyars in the process of transition from „the old agrarian feudal system” to „the new era of bourgeois revolution”. Critical review of the Stefan Zeletin’s political and economic conception

Andrei Emilciuc
Salt trade in Bessarabia in the context of the inclusion of the province in the economic system of the Russian Empire (1812-1850)

Yuri Pyatnitsky
An Imperial Eye to the Past: Byzantine exhibitions in the State Hermitage museum, 1861-2006

II. Papers and surveys


Silvia Barcari
Some considerations about the location of Vicina (the late 13th - the 1st half of the 14th centuries) reflected in the Romanian historiography

Vasile Mărculeț
Considérations concernant le titre et le statut politique-juridique international des dynastes de la Dobroudja du XIVe siècle

Mihai Onilă
Veprova-Puțintei village, Orhei county – chronology and borders

Sergius Ciocanu
Orhei district Mașcăuți hermitage („al lui Albu pârcălab”) and Mașcăuți estate

Vasile Iucal
Some considerations on the age and origin of name in light Ungheni written documents

Igor Cereteu
Historic events from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries attested in notes from manuscripts and old books from the Principality of Moldova

Alina Felea
Cantemir’ s wills. Case Study (XVIII - beginning XIX centuries)

Tatiana Chicaroș
Legislative basis of secondary education in the Russian Empire in the modern era

Irina Cereș
Impact of the high taxes imposed upon the population of Romanian principalities during the Russian-Turkish war of 1806-1812

Silvia Pantaz
Certains aspects de la politique impériale russe dans le commerce avec la Principauté de Moldavie (1812-1859)

Cristina Gherasim
About changes in the mentality of the Bessarabian nobility during 1830-1840s

Nicolae Fuștei
Pastoral-social service of the Metropolitan Gabriel Banulescu-Bodoni

Dinu Poștarencu
Petitions of the Bessarabian nobility for the teaching of Romanian language in schools of the province

Maria Danilov
Censorship, library and books (the 19th century)

Александр Пономарёв
New data on Alexander Sturdza from Odessa archives (two unpublished letters of the middle of 19th century)

Valentin Tomuleț
Jewish colonies in Bessarabia in the 19th century

Ion Varta
The first manifest of 1864 against a possible unification of Bessarabia with Romania

Ana Grițco
Pages from the history of hotels in Bessarabia. Deltiologic research (2nd half of 19th - early 20th centuries)

Vera Serjant
Advertisements of trading houses and shops in the Bessarabian press (the late 19th - early 20th centuries)

Лилиана Кондратикова
Le rôle et le place de femme-joaillerie dans l’évolution de l’art décorative du Moldova (1960-1990)

Nicolae Gîrbu
From the history of legal institutions in MSSR (1978-1991)

Ovidiu Turtureanu
Crises of the totalitarian-communist system and aggravation of conflict states in MSSR (1985-1991)

Vera Stăvilă
The “Luceafărul” Republican Theatre for Children and Youth: Pages of History

Octavian Zelinski
Le progrès accomplis dans la réforme macroéconomique dans les pays de la CEI. Recherche comparée avec l‘appui sur la réforme agraire en République de Moldova

Silviu Andrieș-Tabac
The flags derived from the state flag of Republic of Moldova

Ольга Щипакина
Collection of badges from the National Museum of Archaeology and History of Moldova

Gheorghe Pisica
Code of ethics of museums – main operating base of contemporary museum

Sergiu Dobrea
Memorial museum in the Republic of Moldova: typology and classification

Elena Ploșnița
Historical museum and scientific research: technology of the interaction

Lucia Marinescu-Tonu
Pedagogy of Cultural Heritage: between illusion and reality

Elena Ploșnița
On a museum exhibition “The Universe of Calendars”

III. Paper and book review


Ion Chirtoagă
Иоганн Тунманн, Крымское Ханство, Симферополь: Таврия, 1991, 92 p.

Maria Danilov
Florin Marinescu, Vlad Mischevca, Cărțile românești din biblioteca mănăstirii athonite Sfântul Pavel, Atena, 2010, 285 p., ISBN: 979-960-85542-3-8

Maria Danilov
Andrei Eșanu, Valentina Eșanu, Moștenirea culturală a Cantemireștilor, Chișinău: Pontos, 2010, 212 p. ISBN 978-9975-51-204-6

Liliana Condraticova
Ion Xenofontov, Războiul din Afghanistan (1979-1989) în memoria participanților din Republica Moldova. Realitatea istorică și imaginarul social. Iași: Lumen, 2010, 544 p.




 

 

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Bessarabia and MASSR between the Two World Wars
Bessarabia and Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic in the Period between the Two World Wars
Revival of National Movement
Time of Reforms and their Consequences
Abolition of Autonomy. Bessarabia – a New Tsarist Colony
Period of Relative Autonomy of Bessarabia within the Russian Empire
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Golden Age of the Romanian Culture
Struggle for Maintaining of Independence of Moldova
Formation of Independent Medieval State of Moldova
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#Exhibit of the Month

Manufactured in 1902 by AG vorm Siedel & Nauman in Dresden, Germany. Dimensions: Length - 38 cm, Width - 35 cm, Height - 20 cm. Weight - 16 kg. It entered the museum collection in 1984, transferred from the National Museum of Ethnography and Natural History...

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2025 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC

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The National Museum of History of Moldova takes place among the most significant museum institutions of the Republic of Moldova, in terms of both its collection and scientific reputation.
©2006-2025 National Museum of History of Moldova
Visit museum 31 August 1989 St., 121 A, MD 2012, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Phones:
Secretariat: +373 (22) 24-43-25
Department of Public Relations and Museum Education: +373 (22) 24-04-26
Fax: +373 (22) 24-43-69
E-mail: office@nationalmuseum.md
Technical Support: info@nationalmuseum.md
Web site administration and maintenance: Andrei EMILCIUC