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Many Russian scientists and university graduates left Russia for Europe or United States; this migration is known as a "brain drain". In the 2000s, on the wave of a new economic boom, the situation in the Russian science and technology has improved, and the government launched a campaign to encourage modernisation 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 Russian IT sector drew comparatively little from Soviet-era institutions. [ 3] Russian IT companies were started in the early 1990s by founders with an academic background seeking to find a place in the new market economy. [ 3] Piracy was widespread in the country, with an estimated 90% of all software in Russia being pirated in 1997.
Shukhov Tower. The telecommunications in Russia has undergone significant changes since the 1980s, radio was a major new technology in the 1920s, when the Communists had recently come to power. Soviet authorities realized that the "ham" operator was highly individualistic and encouraged private initiative – too much so for the totalitarian ...
A souvenir balalaika. Oleg Antonov. (1906–1984) Russian Empire. Soviet Union. An -series aircraft, including Antonov A-40 winged tank and Antonov An-124 (the largest serial cargo aircraft, later modified to world's largest fixed-wing aircraft Antonov An-225) [16] An-124-100. Lev Artsimovich.
10 (2022) Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT; Russian: Московский Физико-Технический институт, also known as PhysTech), is a public research university located in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It prepares specialists in theoretical and applied physics, applied mathematics and related disciplines. The ...
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.
Russia's space industry comprises more than 100 companies and employs 250,000 people. [3] Most of the companies are descendants of Soviet design bureaux and state production companies. The industry entered a deep crisis following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with its fullest effect occurring in the last years of the 1990s.