No. 6 (2026): Issue № 6

On the Cover – Lighting of the Corinthian colonnade of Paris's Monceau Park with Yablochkov candles.
Source: Clémenceau P. L'éclairage du parc Monceau avec des bougies Jablochkoff. – La Lumière Électrique, 1884, No. 1, pp. 74–76.
150 years ago, in 1876, P.N. Yablochkov received a patent for an electric candle. This invention turned out to be one of the starting points in history. Electrical engineering has become a powerful driving force of global progress. The Russian Light was simple, reliable, and pleasing to the eye. 12 Yablochkov arc lamps were installed in one of the most beautiful places in Paris, Monceau Park. The magazine "La Lumière Électrique" wrote: "The effect created is very majestic, and the colonnade, one of its most beautiful spots in the park, appears at night with grace and grandeur that daylight cannot fully convey."