Fyodor Pirotsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian/Ukrainian engineer and inventor
Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1845
Place of Birth: Lokhvytsia, Chernigov Viceroyalty, Ukraine
Date of Death: 28-Feb-1898
Profession: engineer, inventor
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Fyodor Pirotsky
- Fyodor Apollonovich Pirotsky (Russian: ????? ??????????? ????????; February 17 [O.S.
- March 1] 1845- February 28 [O.S.
- March 12] 1898) was a Russian engineer of Ukrainian origin and inventor of the world's first railway electrification system and electric tram.
- While the commercialization of his inventions in Russia was relatively slow, Pirotsky is known to have met with Carl Heinrich von Siemens and influenced Siemens' eventual introduction of the first regular electric tram line (for the Berlin Straßenbahn).
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