List of Russian IT developers

<h2 id="alphabetical-list">Alphabetical list</h2>

<h3>A</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Georgy_Adelson-Velsky/1CpLURAR">Georgy Adelson-Velsky</a>, inventor of <a href="/facts/AVL_tree/DfexIbS6">AVL tree</a> algorithm, developer of <a href="/facts/Kaissa/9N0fYVkM">Kaissa</a> (the first <a href="/facts/World_Computer_Chess_Champion/zTIr2lGu">World Computer Chess Champion</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Andrey_Andreev/lDDNL0Im">Andrey Andreev</a>, creator of <a href="/facts/Badoo/vaY6QPjR">Badoo</a>, one of the world's largest dating sites, and the 10th largest social network in the world</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Arlazarov/cuS6BXhm">Vladimir Arlazarov</a>, DBS Ines, developer of <a href="/facts/Kaissa/9N0fYVkM">Kaissa</a> (the first <a href="/facts/World_Computer_Chess_Champion/zTIr2lGu">World Computer Chess Champion</a>)</li></ul>
<h3>B</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Boris_Babayan/c24Y3oxX">Boris Babayan</a>, developer of the <a href="/facts/Elbrus_(computer)/cFAIaDlB">Elbrus</a>-series <a href="/facts/Supercomputer/HT9NwGAN">supercomputers</a>, founder of <a href="/facts/Moscow_Center_of_SPARC_Technologies/CCL36FC6">Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies</a> (MCST)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Brudno/0CxMo8Cj">Alexander Brudno</a>, described the <a href="/facts/Alpha-beta_pruning/TRI5u3GL">alpha-beta</a> (α-β) <a href="/facts/Search_algorithm/eJuw0nyz">search algorithm</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Nikolay_Brusentsov/IokdT6P6">Nikolay Brusentsov</a>, inventor of <a href="/facts/Ternary_computer/tU1DI6wo">ternary computer</a> (<a href="/facts/Setun/rjVWw7bY">Setun</a>)</li></ul>
<h3>C</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Andrei_Chernov/JRcTdj6v">Andrei Chernov</a>, one of the founders of the <a href="/facts/Internet_in_Russian/Vedua3e9">Russian Internet</a> and the creator of the <a href="/facts/KOI8-R/YA7j845v">KOI8-R</a> <a href="/facts/Character_encoding/ShJHIMoA">character encoding</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alexey_Chervonenkis/EAgIkPrg">Alexey Chervonenkis</a>, developed the <a href="/facts/Vapnik%E2%80%93Chervonenkis_theory/jDST0Ulo">Vapnik–Chervonenkis theory</a>, also known as the "fundamental theory of learning", a key part of the <a href="/facts/Computational_learning_theory/DKMoukIr">computational learning theory</a></li></ul>
<h3>D</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Mikhail_Donskoy/vuEAlExQ">Mikhail Donskoy</a>, a leading developer of <a href="/facts/Kaissa/9N0fYVkM">Kaissa</a>, the first computer chess champion</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pavel_Durov/rYrtwlxD">Pavel Durov</a>, founded the <a href="/facts/VKontakte/z2QLVB9x">VKontakte.ru</a> social network, #35 on Alexa's Top 500 Most Visited Global Websites, the 6th largest <a href="/facts/Social_network/kQg6aEVf">social network</a> in the world, and <a href="/facts/Telegram_(software)/TqaAlHwN">Telegram</a></li></ul>
<h3>E</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Andrey_Ershov/z2B4LyoI">Andrey Ershov</a>, developed <a href="/facts/Rapira/6vJlKtRT">Rapira</a> programming language, started the predecessor to the <a href="/facts/Russian_National_Corpus/xR4txp77">Russian National Corpus</a></li></ul>
<h3>G</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Vadim_Gerasimov/7MG1YQYV">Vadim Gerasimov</a>, one of the original co-developers of the famous video game <i><a href="/facts/Tetris/djLfTK0n">Tetris</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Victor_Glushkov/5CH9CWNc">Victor Glushkov</a>, a founder of <a href="/facts/Cybernetics/4qb58zbt">cybernetics</a>, inventor of the first <a href="/facts/Personal_computer/koaYfNce">personal computer</a>, <a href="/facts/MIR_(computer)/fml5XG4q">MIR</a></li></ul>
<h3>K</h3>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Yevgeny_Kaspersky/T6wqA6MT">Yevgeny Kaspersky</a>, developer of <a href="/facts/Kaspersky_Lab/WWX97cMP">Kaspersky</a> <a href="/facts/Anti-virus_program/GGMqsfkJ">anti-virus</a> products</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Anatoly_Karatsuba/QbbUpfne">Anatoly Karatsuba</a>, developed the <a href="/facts/Karatsuba_algorithm/YFk3dnqX">Karatsuba algorithm</a> (the first fast <a href="/facts/Multiplication_algorithm/68xf6EdK">multiplication algorithm</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Leonid_Khachiyan/GUyIPnxu">Leonid Khachiyan</a>, developed the <a href="/facts/Ellipsoid_algorithm/K3SDpleG">Ellipsoid algorithm</a> for <a href="/facts/Linear_programming/GduXFQxT">linear programming</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tigran_Khudaverdyan/kt3eWthw">Tigran Khudaverdyan</a>, deputy CEO of <a href="/facts/Yandex/RSCatUyn">Yandex</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lev_Nikolayevich_Korolyov/qS0T3qzQ">Lev Korolyov</a>, co-developed the first Soviet computers</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Semen_Korsakov/jCXcrDS7">Semen Korsakov</a>, first to use <a href="/facts/Punched_card/44WsPulQ">punched cards</a> for information storage and search</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Kronrod/Px81GUEq">Alexander Kronrod</a>, developer of <a href="/facts/Gauss%E2%80%93Kronrod_quadrature_formula/ln4Rv0d3">Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula</a> and <a href="/facts/Kaissa/9N0fYVkM">Kaissa</a>, the first world computer chess champion</li></ul>
<h3>L</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Evgeny_Landis/FPlw09va">Evgeny Landis</a>, inventor of <a href="/facts/AVL_tree/DfexIbS6">AVL tree</a> algorithm</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sergey_Alexeyevich_Lebedev/36nBNIuc">Sergey Lebedev</a>, developer of the first Soviet and European <a href="/facts/Electronic_computer/SQe1aK05">electronic computers</a>, <a href="/facts/MESM/aUodDQRK">MESM</a> and <a href="/facts/BESM/TGErq5ac">BESM</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Levenshtein/hGbzUR8e">Vladimir Levenshtein</a>, developed the <a href="/facts/Levenshtein_automaton/c4Eqe6hS">Levenshtein automaton</a>, <a href="/facts/Levenshtein_coding/ACQLnfgw">Levenshtein coding</a> and <a href="/facts/Levenshtein_distance/F0otyNSl">Levenshtein distance</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Leonid_Levin/1CeP1EJB">Leonid Levin</a>, IT scientist, developed the <a href="/facts/Cook-Levin_theorem/6WN3aUyL">Cook-Levin theorem</a> (the foundation for <a href="/facts/Computational_complexity_theory/etHuVF3U">computational complexity</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Oleg_Lupanov/IaIGc8FE">Oleg Lupanov</a>, coined the term "Shannon effect"; developed the (k, s)-<a href="/facts/Lupanov_representation/y9AG1I0x">Lupanov representation</a> of <a href="/facts/Boolean_function/uT7E8pqC">Boolean functions</a></li></ul>
<h3>M</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Yuri_Matiyasevich/jBom4cJo">Yuri Matiyasevich</a>, solved <a href="/facts/Hilbert%27s_tenth_problem/EaGPklEc">Hilbert's tenth problem</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Ivanovich_Mikhailov/t4wVSRC6">Alexander Mikhailov</a>, coined the term "<a href="/facts/Informatics_(academic_field)/YylNMP9r">informatics</a>"</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Anatoliy_A._Morozov/ptEj7XmN">Anatoly Morozov</a>, worked on automated control systems, problem-focused complexes, modelling, and situational management</li></ul>
<h3>N</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Anton_Nossik/bKW6cMkX">Anton Nossik</a>, godfather of the Russian internet who began Russian online news</li></ul>
<h3>P</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Alexey_Pajitnov/JJVdI5GG">Alexey Pajitnov</a>, inventor of <i><a href="/facts/Tetris/djLfTK0n">Tetris</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Victor_Pan/Eb9w9CIu">Victor Pan</a>, worked in the area of <a href="/facts/Polynomial/Lzak8VVx">polynomial</a> computations</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Igor_Pavlov_(programmer)/0Y8ItlHs">Igor Pavlov</a>, creator of the file archiver <a href="/facts/7-Zip/0Y8ItlHs">7-Zip</a>; creator of the <a href="/facts/7z/qG1rNuWr">7z</a> archive format</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Svyatoslav_Pestov/oSKmJ26c">Svyatoslav Pestov</a>, developer of <a href="/facts/JEdit/PBeuB4wm">jEdit</a> <a href="/facts/Text_editor/jPCgtbvN">text editor</a> and <a href="/facts/Factor_programming_language/oSKmJ26c">Factor programming language</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Pokhilko/DY1MS8uf">Vladimir Pokhilko</a>, specialized in <a href="/facts/Human-computer_interaction/EkmIxGCx">human-computer interaction</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Yuriy_Polyakov/zjGb7uLX">Yuriy Polyakov</a>, developed an approximate method for nonlinear differential and integrodifferential equations</li></ul>
<h3>R</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Bashir_Rameyev/wRKTcXGs">Bashir Rameyev</a>, developer of <a href="/facts/Strela_computer/77kAhG0G">Strela computer</a>, the first <a href="/facts/Mainframe_computer/nrBR6rWa">mainframe computer</a> manufactured serially in the Soviet Union</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Razborov/EmMX1W4K">Alexander Razborov</a>, won the <a href="/facts/Nevanlinna_Prize/vYpBsyIp">Nevanlinna Prize</a> for introducing the "approximation method" in proving <a href="/facts/Boolean_circuit/TwhfJp0q">Boolean circuit</a> lower bounds of some essential algorithmic problems, and the <a href="/facts/G%C3%B6del_Prize/RdbqdDj6">Gödel Prize</a> for the paper "<a href="/facts/Natural_proof/CvCNxIg6">Natural Proofs</a>"</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Eugene_Roshal/ySMp7CoT">Eugene Roshal</a>, developer of the <a href="/facts/FAR_file_manager/oowTjWe4">FAR file manager</a>, <a href="/facts/RAR_file_format/cgHI6gnw">RAR file format</a>, <a href="/facts/WinRAR/74MRE7H6">WinRAR</a> <a href="/facts/File_archiver/ER6mjCCy">file archiver</a></li></ul>

<h3>S</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Ilya_Segalovich/PfdCRF46">Ilya Segalovich</a>, founder and one of the first programmers of <a href="/facts/Yandex/RSCatUyn">Yandex</a>, Russian search engine</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Anatoly_Shalyto/Uy7r4EJg">Anatoly Shalyto</a>, initiator of the Foundation for Open Project Documentation; developed <a href="/facts/Automata-based_programming/h6shsDUa">Automata-based programming</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dmitry_Sklyarov/kPYENyCP">Dmitry Sklyarov</a>,  computer programmer known for his 2001 arrest by American law enforcement;  <i><a href="/facts/US_v._ElcomSoft_Sklyarov/kPYENyCP">US v. ElcomSoft Sklyarov</a></i></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Alexander_Stepanov/znVUvH2I">Alexander Stepanov</a>, created and implemented the <a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a> <a href="/facts/Standard_Template_Library/IxqpRzWU">Standard Template Library</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Igor_Sysoev/kUnnzf8b">Igor Sysoev</a>, creator of <a href="/facts/Nginx/AlTYUuTp">nginx</a>, the popular high performance <a href="/facts/Web_server/A4GS6thA">web server</a>, and founder of <a href="/facts/NGINX,_Inc./AlTYUuTp">NGINX, Inc.</a></li></ul>
<h3>T</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Andrey_Terekhov/QD0NNPSQ">Andrey Terekhov</a> (Терехов, Андрей Николаевич), developer of <a href="/facts/Algol_68/NTnc9fy7">Algol 68</a> LGU; telecommunication systems</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Andrey_Ternovskiy/v5bSgog5">Andrey Ternovskiy</a>, creator of <a href="/facts/Chatroulette/v5bSgog5">Chatroulette</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Valentin_Turchin/oXjjpI1H">Valentin Turchin</a>, inventor of <a href="/facts/Refal_programming_language/ICfbg9Yj">Refal programming language</a>, introduced <a href="/facts/Metasystem_transition/ehA5CwaG">metasystem transition</a> and <a href="/facts/Supercompilation/6sTB3QIs">supercompilation</a></li></ul>
<h3>V</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Vladimir_Vapnik/UQfpyUuN">Vladimir Vapnik</a>, developed the theory of the <a href="/facts/Support_vector_machine/XobxpdBG">support vector machine</a>; demonstrated its performance on a number of problems of interest to the <a href="/facts/Machine_learning/e0w0XJTu">machine learning</a> community, including <a href="/facts/Handwriting_recognition/RgdyWtDQ">handwriting recognition</a></li></ul>
<h3>Y</h3>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Sergey_Yablonsky/Dg1u3qph">Sergey Yablonsky</a>, founder of the Soviet school of mathematical <a href="/facts/Cybernetics/4qb58zbt">cybernetics</a> and <a href="/facts/Discrete_mathematics/XdRUnzUL">discrete mathematics</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_computer_scientists/zd2xpuxp">List of computer scientists</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_pioneers_in_computer_science/XlurWBLL">List of pioneers in computer science</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_programmers/MKLyNJKH">List of programmers</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Information_technology/glMzunwe">Information technology</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_Russian_inventors/mWWozH0r">List of Russian inventors</a></li></ul>

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List of Russian IT developers