Soviet Computer Technology--1959

For the Soviet economy in general, and the Soviet computing community in particular, the last few years have been a period of unprecedented troubles and changes. The old, stable, centrally planned economic system has proven to be far more brittle than ...

Which computer was developed first in the Soviet Union? Which one was first successful? Suchquestions are difficult to answer, but recently declassified archival material may hold the key. Thestory of the Strela illustrates how competing interests—as ...

The report provides new facts about the history of the first computers in the Soviet Union from 1948 to 1952. Four teams from the Academy of Sciences and Industry, almost simultaneously began work on developing of the first computers. The victory was ...