jan 6, 1957 - Leonid Ivanovich Kupriyanovich creates the first experimental "mobile phone" with a 20-30 km reach and 20-30 hour battery. The focus is usually on the U.S. but this marks the start of the USSR's mobile phone, one that came before the prototypes in the U.S. (1957)

“Leonid Kupriyanovich.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 Sept. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Kupriyanovich.

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