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unixtux

Previously known as /dev/null, a software developer who has worked on both Roxman's project Major and pyrouser's project GladOS. They also presumably have direct communication channels with Telegram developers.

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Georgiy Lobushkin

a former Telegram press secretary, and probably a close friend of Pavel Durov

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Marina Babich

Also spelt as Marina Babych, the wife of Vasiliy Babich, with whom she has 4 kids.

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Mikhail Babich

Also known as Misha Babich, a son of Vasiliy Babich who is known for creating an artwork called "Sea turtle heading for the sunrise" that was later put on auction and received a bid from Pavel Durov.

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message box

An internal grouping of messages. Each user has a message box for its private chats and the basic groups they are a member of. Each channel or supergroup has its own message box.

one million message limit

It has been proven that each message box will have only its last one million messages visible. Despite the Telegram claim that this issue was addressed a long time ago, it is still noticed.

@tdhbcfiles

a special channel used internally by Telegram Desktop to distribute updates and download other files required for its functionality

funstat

Also spelt as fanstat and might be called telelog, a bot that provides on-demand access to archives of information (incl. deleted) on Telegram users and chats in exchange for money.

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Dmitry Moskovsky

a Telegram employee whose official position is unknown but known for internal testing and handling bug reports

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Nikolay Kudashov

Also known as DrKLO, a Russian software developer who created a Telegram app for Android in a contest, which was then made the official Telegram Android app. He continued working on it until 2021.

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Alina Durova

(born 2009) a daughter of Pavel Durov whose mother is Daria Bondarenko

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Mikhail Durov

(born 2010) a son of Pavel Durov whose mother is Daria Bondarenko

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Leia Durova

(born Dec 2013) a daughter of Pavel Durov whose mother is Irina Bolgar

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Daniel Durov

(born Jan 2016) a son of Pavel Durov whose mother is Irina Bolgar

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David Durov

(born Sep 2017) a son of Pavel Durov whose mother is Irina Bolgar

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July 9 translation malfunctions

In July 9, 2025, after translation capabilities were down for two weeks, they gradually started to come back, but they were soon noticed to be taking advantage of an LLM probably with a malformed initial prompt that failed to translate specific messages and instead responded to the questions they contained.

Elies Campo

(born 1983) full name Elies Campo i Cid; Catalan business person; business developer at WhatsApp (2013-14) then Telegram (2015-21). In 2025, he was interviewed as part of a documentary where he spoke out against Telegram.

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Donate to Telegram Dictionary

You can help the project:

1. by crypto through the TON Blockchain (preferred method)

Wallet: telegramdictionary.ton
Preferred coins: USD₮

2. or by making star reactions to the posts in this channel.

Funds raised from potential donations will be used:

1. To pay the rent of the domain names dictionary.tg and dict.tg (around €40 per year).
2. To pay the rent of the servers running the bots and the website (around €5 per month).
3. As tips to boost the expansion of the dictionary.

(The above lists are order-sensitive.)

Ilya Fedin

a major contributor to Telegram Desktop; unknown whether a Telegram employee or not

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