The first Russian cable factory was founded in 1879 by the German industrialist Karl Heinrich Siemens as the Siemens&Halske manufactory. In 1918, it was nationalized and changed its name to the Northern Cable Plant. There have been bright technological breakthroughs, famous achievements, and life dramas in its history. The latest shock dates back to 2021 — the Sevkabel site on the Kozhevennaya Line in St. Petersburg was closed. Is this the end? Or a new beginning?..