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Shukhov Tower in Moscow. Science and technology in Russia have developed rapidly since the Age of Enlightenment, when Peter the Great founded the Russian Academy of Sciences and Saint Petersburg State University and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov founded the Moscow State University, establishing a strong native tradition in learning and innovation.
This timeline of Russian innovation encompasses key events in the history of technology in Russia . The entries in this timeline fall into the following categories: indigenous invention, like airliners, AC transformers, radio receivers, television, artificial satellites, ICBMs.
The history of computing in the Soviet Union began in the late 1940s, [1] when the country began to develop its Small Electronic Calculating Machine (MESM) at the Kiev Institute of Electrotechnology in Feofaniya. [2] Initial ideological opposition to cybernetics in the Soviet Union was overcome by a Khrushchev era policy that encouraged ...
The Elektronika MK-51 calculator, introduced in 1982. Science and technology in the Soviet Union served as an important part of national politics, practices, and identity. From the time of Lenin until the dissolution of the USSR in the early 1990s, both science and technology were intimately linked to the ideology and practical functioning of ...
The Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, or Skoltech, is a private institute located in Moscow, Russia. [1] Skoltech was established in 2011 as part of a multi-year partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) [2] Globally, the university in 2023 was ranked # 702 in the world by US News & World Report. [3]
MISIS is a member of the Higher Metallurgical Education Association, whose members include universities from Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. It had joint degree programmes with the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Freiberg, Germany, and the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine in Nancy, France. [citation needed]
The Russian Academy practically lost a generation of people born from the mid-1960s to mid-1970s; this age category is now underrepresented in all research institutes. In the 2000s, the situation in the Russian science and technology has improved, the government announced a modernization campaign.
Polytechnic Museum. / 55.75556°N 37.60972°E / 55.75556; 37.60972. The Polytechnic Museum ( Russian: Политехнический музей) is one of the oldest science museums in the world and is located in Moscow. It showcases Russian and Soviet technology and science, as well as modern inventions. It was founded in 1872 after ...