Šiaulių ir Šiaulių krašto pašto, telegrafo ir telefono istorija: XVIII a. pab.–XXI a. pr

ENThe Šiauliai Economy Inventory of 1786 describes Šiauliai Post Station, to which public and private correspondence, newspapers and other printed matter with the latest news on the events in the Republic of Both Nations and the world were transported in stagecoaches. In the Warsaw-Jelgava tract of 1789, Šiauliai Post Station was also marked. It was a two-storey brick house with a tile roof and glass windows. In the first half of the 19th century, a post station with stables was established in Šiauliai to help the passengers to reach other cities. The first post office in Šiauliai was established in 1843. It belonged to Kaunas Province Post Office. Šiauliai Post House was built in 1852 (architect Teodoras Gelmgolcas). In 1911, a telephone station with 63 subscribers started operating in Šiauliai. In 1913 Šiauliai Post andTelegraph Office had 11 telegraph machines. The post office of Šiauliai in independent Lithuania was officially opened on January 2, 1919. On January 8, 1919, Šiauliai central communications offices moved to a former post office in Russian times, a two-storey brick building in Tilžės Street. After the Bermontians were driven out from Lithuania and the Lithuanian Army entered Šiauliai on December 8, 1919, the Lithuanian Post Office resumed its work. At that time there were 33 employees. In December 1923, Šiauliai postal service workers’ education association “Žinia” was established, which was operating until 1940. It was an educational andsports organization that unitedalmost all the employees ofŠiauliaiPostOffice. On September 18, 1939, the Post Office moved to a new palace at the corner of Aušros Avenue and Dvaro Street. On April 13, 1940, the opening ceremony of the new Šiauliai Post Office was held. In 1940, Šiauliai Post Office and Telecommunications Centre was established in a new place.On March 29, 1940, the new CB system telephone station was launched at Šiauliai Post Office. Several switchboards and a corresponding portion of other devices made a new 1800-line central telephone station and a 50-line long-distance telephone station in the newly built Post Office building. During the German occupation, Lithuanian postal activities in Šiauliai lasted until December 31, 1941. In 1941–1944, Jonas Tijūnas (1900–1992) was the head of Šiauliai Central Post Office. In the postwar period, the Šiauliai region communications board system had 10 communication offices with 68 divisions, in 1951, 24 offices with 56 divisions. Until 1981, the Central Post Office of Šiauliai was called Šiauliai District Communications Node.