Strolling along the Sadovaya street, find ourselves near one of the oldest buildings in the city - the post office. It was built in 1898 and still works. The building was severely damaged during WWII, and for its reconstruction lasted 17 years. The building housed the post office, other than the actual post, telegraph and even the central long-distance and international telephone call office. It was the only place from which to call abroad. Now, it's hard to imagine, but long-distance telephone calls to residents who had no home phone, and there were a majority, as occurred. A man came to the telephone office and fill out a special form, which states the name and mailing address of the person with whom he wanted to talk, and the date and time of the negotiations (did this in advance, for 2-3 days). The employee sent a telegraphic notice to the address in order to cause came at the appointed time on his telephone booth. Both came on points in their cities and began to wait for the call. It usually takes between half an hour, while telephone operators were invited to the talks. Naturally, except per-minute fee for calls will be charged a fee for notifying a telegram.