Alexey and Henk, the friends who took Tetris out of the Soviet Union
(elpais.com)
One man invented a video game that has sold more than 520 million copies. The other fought to obtain the rights to it during the Soviet era, got the game’s designer out from behind the iron curtain, and made it possible for half of humanity to dream of colored blocks just as the Berlin Wall was collapsing.
One man invented a video game that has sold more than 520 million copies. The other fought to obtain the rights to it during the Soviet era, got the game’s designer out from behind the iron curtain, and made it possible for half of humanity to dream of colored blocks just as the Berlin Wall was collapsing.
Could the Soviet Union have survived?
(historytoday.com)
We ask four historians of the Cold War whether the demise of the USSR was as inevitable as it now seems.
We ask four historians of the Cold War whether the demise of the USSR was as inevitable as it now seems.
2.01 (Buran-Class Spacecraft)
(wikipedia.org)
2.01 (GRAU index serial number 11F35 3K) is the designation of the third Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme.
2.01 (GRAU index serial number 11F35 3K) is the designation of the third Buran-class orbiter to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran programme.
A Legendary Exposé of the Brutality of the Soviet Union
(smithsonianmag.com)
Published on this day in 1973, “The Gulag Archipelago” drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s experiences as a political dissident in a prison camp, but it left him deported and stateless for the next two decades
Published on this day in 1973, “The Gulag Archipelago” drew on Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s experiences as a political dissident in a prison camp, but it left him deported and stateless for the next two decades
Rockets and People: A Four-Volume Memoir by Boris Chertok (NASA History Series)
(nasa.gov)
Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space.
Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space.
The Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (2023)
(righto.com)
The Soviet space program used completely different controls and instruments from American spacecraft.
The Soviet space program used completely different controls and instruments from American spacecraft.
Debugging Behind the Iron Curtain (2010)
(jakepoz.com)
Sergei is a veteran of the early days of the computing industry as it was developing in the Soviet Union. I had the pleasure of working and learning from him over the past year, and in that time I picked up more important lessons about both life and embedded programming than any amount of school could ever teach.
Sergei is a veteran of the early days of the computing industry as it was developing in the Soviet Union. I had the pleasure of working and learning from him over the past year, and in that time I picked up more important lessons about both life and embedded programming than any amount of school could ever teach.
Arvo Pärt's Journey
(plough.com)
In this excerpt from Between Two Sounds, we see the moment when the Estonian composer begins to run afoul of the Soviet regime.
In this excerpt from Between Two Sounds, we see the moment when the Estonian composer begins to run afoul of the Soviet regime.