Three-Phase Current: How a Russian Genius Changed the World of Energy

He defeated Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison in the 'war of the currents,' but his name has been erased from history—the brilliant Russian engineer Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky. This video tells the story of his phenomenal invention—three-phase alternating current, which became the foundation of modern electric power and ended the 'war of the currents.' Learn how Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, along with Karl Krug and Robert Klasson, laid the foundation for Russia's electrification and the GOELRO plan. This is the story of a genius whose inventions forever changed the world and the development of technology. A crash course from Boris Martsinkevich in a new video 00:00 Expelled from Russia: The Story of the Genius Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky 01:00 German roots and moving to Darmstadt 02:09 Did Russia Lose? The Consequences of the Inventor's Expulsion 02:52 From direct current to alternating current 03:21 How Edison's patents led to the creation of the giant AEG 03:50 A Fateful Recommendation: Starting a Career at AEG 04:16 Emil Rathenau: The First Producer of Scientists and Inventors 05:45 War of the Currents: The Real Winner in the Battle of Tesla and Edison 06:35 Technical superiority of the three-phase system 06:53 Karl Krug: Founder of the Moscow School of Electrical Engineering 07:55 Return to Russia: The Creation of Energy and a Legendary Textbook 08:32 Karl Krug and the GOELRO Plan: Electrification of the entire country 09:41 New Hero: Robert Klasson and His Unusual Story 10:45 How the creator of GOELRO is connected to the USSR's nuclear project 11:50 Brusnev's Marxist Circle: Revolution and Science 12:56 Future leaders of the USSR: Krasin, Krzhizhanovsky and others 14:33 The Fate of Brusnev's Group: From Marxism to Exile in Yakutia 16:01 Escape to Germany: A Fateful Proposal and a Move 17:50 Triumph in Frankfurt 1891: Three-phase current transmission over 175 km 18:47 Order beats class: How a German organization ensured a breakthrough 19:19 Why did Russian inventions migrate to the West? 20:42 Oskar von Miller: The Unsung Organizer of the Great Exhibition 22:37 Meeting of two geniuses: Dolivo-Dobrovolsky and Klasson in Frankfurt 23:20 Exhibition Scientific Secretary: Klasson at the center of events 24:10 How the 1891 Exhibition Shaped Russia's Future