Soviet electronics were decent but their actual computers lagged behind because, despite innovations, they lacked support.
The worlds first patented personal computer was designed in the Russian city of Omsk by engineer Arseny Gorokhov and called "Intellektor". His original design included a screen, a processor unit with a separate hard drive, a motherboard, memory, video card and a sort of mouse to interact with the computer. This design was not built, although it was patented in 1968, almost eight years before the first Apple I went on sale.
However it was only a patent and not built.
Anatoly Kitov was a soviet scientist who attempted to create an internet-like structure in 1959. Designed as a computer network that would link state-owned enterprises and institutions in both civilian and military sectors throughout the country. It’s use and concept was similar to Project Cybersyn of the 1970s. The idea was called the Economic Automated Management System. Due to the bureaucratic rubbish of the Khrushchev era, however, his idea was not accepted. And further developments by his protege Glushkov were squandered and delayed by the same problems. instead the copied exported versions of IBM computers for many things.
However as things mellowed out in the late 70s the idea of automation was re-approached.
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The basis of this would be the computer systems that WERE developed in the USSR during the prior era MIR and Elbrus military computers and super-computers as well as the Chess-playing computers developed.
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They also innovated;
a water-powered analog computer: ru.wikipedia.org
and ternary computers: link.springer.com
Innovated programmable computers: i-programmer.info
