• DocumentCode
    2779639
  • Title

    Anatoly Kitov: Technology vs ideology. The story about the first in the USSR project of nationwide computer network

  • Author

    Kitov, Vladimir ; Shilov, Valery

  • Author_Institution
    MATI, Russian State Technol. Univ., Moscow, Russia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    3-5 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    This article examines the first Soviet initiative to develop a national computer network as the basis for an automated information system for the management of the national economy. This initiative was made by prominent Soviet scientist Engineer Colonel Anatoly Ivanovich Kitov whose 90th anniversary is celebrated in 2010. The article attempts to view the history of Soviet computer networks as part of Soviet history, in which technology and politics closely intertwined.
  • Keywords
    computer networks; Anatoly Ivanovich Kitov; USSR project; automated information system; national economy; nationwide computer network; Indexes; Cybernetics; informatics; management information system; nationwide computer network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Telecommunications Conference (HISTELCON), 2010 Second IEEE Region 8 Conference on the History of
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7450-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-7451-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735293
  • Filename
    5735293
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2779639