Pavel Schilling
Russian inventor of Baltic German origin (1786-1837) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 51
Baron Paul Schilling, also known as Pavel Lvovitch Schilling, was a Russian inventor, military officer and diplomat of Baltic German origin. The majority of his career was spent working for the imperial Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a language officer at the Russian embassy in Munich.
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Badge of the Golden Weapon for Bravery worn with civil suit
Schilling's tomb at Smolenskoye Lutheran Cemetery
The Manchurian alphabet, printed with Schilling's lead sorts, 1824
The Tibetan Prayerbook prepared for publication by Schilling. Leipzig, 1835![A needle instrument from Schilling's telegraph, 1828. Overall height of the enclosure was around 300 mm, the magnetic needle is 57 mm long[74]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Schilling_one-needle_telegraph.png/500px-Schilling_one-needle_telegraph.png?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
A needle instrument from Schilling's telegraph, 1828. Overall height of the enclosure was around 300 mm, the magnetic needle is 57 mm long[74]
The Adamini Building, where Schilling lived from 1832, was large enough to house a hundred-meter telegraph lineAwards
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As a military officer, he took part in the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon. In his later career, he was transferred to the Asian department of the ministry and undertook a tour of Mongolia to collect ancient manuscripts.
