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Tracing the Origins of the First Soviet Computers, Beyond Legends (2023)

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The first Soviet digital computers, the M-1 and the MESM, were built in 1951, a few years after their western counterparts. Anecdotal storytelling narrates that Russian scientists learned of electronic computers from Western radio broadcasts and popular magazines that arrived in the Soviet Union. The article examines the plausibility of the legends and tries to reconstruct the origins of the first Soviet computers and the influence of Western projects on more solid bases of historical research.

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Article Sebastian K. Boell; Janet M. Toland (2023) Histories of Computing in Oceania. IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (pp. 6-10). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Durnová, Helena
Aylen, Jonathan
Bardini, Thierry
Bátiz-Lazo, Bernardo
Berners-Lee, Tim
Breen, Bill
Journals
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
History and Technology
International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Publishers
Crown Business
HarperSanFrancisco
MIT Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Princeton University Press
Stanford University Press
Concepts
Development of technology; change in technology
Technological innovation
Computers and computing
Electronics
Digital technologies
Technology
People
Engelbart, Douglas
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
Places
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
China
Sweden
United States
Institutions
International Business Machines Corporation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Western Australia
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