r/oddlyterrifying 5d ago

Numberless soviet phones

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u/InsouciantSlavDude 5d ago

It served as a reciever phone. You could only take calls, was used in administration and probably military.

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u/Volcanic_tomatoe 5d ago

I see, my first thought was operators. You don't need to dial if you just ask the person on the phone

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u/ABHOR_pod 5d ago

Lot easier to keep track of who is calling whom if they just have to tell you up front.

"Operator, this is Yuri 3737, please connect me to Ivan 5575.

"Of course comrade." scribbles notes.

That was my assumption.

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u/Worldly-Profession66 5d ago

That would make the most sense