At GE we ask, “Why predict the future when you can create it?” From our earliest days, our company has used the tools of research, combined with a little inspiration, to create the world of tomorrow. The legacy of GE’s ingenuity offers a rich history we are proud to share with the world.
GE has been operating in Russia and CIS since early 20th century. In 1922, GE’s Chief Engineer Charles Steinmetz addressed Vladimir Lenin in a letter outlining possible areas of cooperation, particularly, in developing the energy infrastructure of the Soviet Union. As a result, in the 1920s and 1930s GE not only participated in electrical engineering projects in the USSR but also supplied the first locomotives for the country’s railroads and other industrial equipment.
The representation office was opened in Moscow in 1974, GE increased its presence in the regional market at the beginning of the 1980s and intensified after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, all GE businesses, from aircraft engines, power generation and financial services to water preparation and treatment, medical imaging and television programming, are present in Russia.
Thomas Edison is heralded for his genius as
an inventor. Less known is his brilliance as a
business pioneer. By aligning multiple
businesses to bring innovation to the
marketplace, he laid the path for today's GE.
Learn more about the inspiration - and the
perspiration - of the man who started it all.
GE's History in Russia & CIS
It began in a small barn in the year 1900.
Thousands of patents and even two Nobel prizes
later, the GE Global Research lab has continued
to bring new technologies to our lives. Read
about the first GE research lab and how it
evolved into a worldwide entity.
