52 BC || 2011 AD Mystery Cache
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Cold War
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Boris Hagelin was born on July 2nd, 1892 in Adschikent, Russia. His Swedish father sent him to Sweden, where he graduated in 1914 as mechanical engineer. His future was already planned in the Nobel company's Oilfields, where his father was the manager. Initially, he specialized in electrical engineering in order to become supervisor of the construction of an electric power plant for the Nobel Company in Baku. After the revolution in 1920 the Nobel family entered into a partnership with the Standard Oil Company in the US, and Boris moved to the US to work in their General engineering Department. After one year he returned to Sweden.
In 1925 he took over management and started developing new machines. In 1932 A.B Cryptoteknik replaced the liquidated A.B. Cryptograph. After the Second World War Hagelin moved to Zug, in neutral Switzerland and established Crypto AG. This relocation was required since Sweden considered Cryptographic equipment as weapons, and thus prohibited their export. The pre-war reputation of mechanical "Hagelin Cryptos" devices and the need for enciphered telegraph equipment helped the firm to grow and laid the foundation for a new generation of electronic cipher equipment. Boris Hagelin died in 1983 at the age of 91.
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Pnpur: aj pbeare