This is the list of Soviet computer systems. The
Russian abbreviation EVM (ЭВМ), present in some of the names below, means “electronic computing machine” (russian: электронная вычислительная машина).
List of hardware
The
Russian abbreviation EVM (ЭВМ), present in some of the names below, means “electronic computing machine” (russian: электронная вычислительная машина).
Ministry of Radio Technology

Computer systems from the
Ministry of Radio Technology The Ministry of Radio Technology (Minradioprom; russian: Министерство радиопромышленности) was a government ministry
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designat ...
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Agat (Агат) —
Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as ) is an 8-bit home computer and one of the world's first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products. It was designed primarily by Steve Wozniak; Jerry Manock developed the design of Apple II's foam-mold ...
clone
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ES EVM
The ES EVM (russian: Единая система электронных вычислительных машин (ЕС ЭВМ), translit=Yedinaya sistema electronnykh vytchislitel'nykh mashin (ES EVM), "Unified System of Electronic Computers"), o ...
(ЕС ЭВМ),
IBM mainframe
IBM mainframes are large computer systems produced by IBM since 1952. During the 1960s and 1970s, IBM dominated the large computer market. Current mainframe computers in IBM's line of business computers are developments of the basic design of t ...
clone
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ES PEVM (ЕС ПЭВМ),
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, all from computer giant IBM, that are able to use the same software and expansion cards. Such computers were referred to as PC clones, IBM clones or IBM PC clones ...
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M series — series of mainframes and mini-computers
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Minsk
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(Минск)
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Poisk (
Поиск) — IBM PC XT clone
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Setun
Setun (russian: Сетунь) was a computer developed in 1958 at Moscow State University. It was built under the leadership of Sergei Sobolev and Nikolay Brusentsov. It was the most modern ternary computer, using the balanced ternary numeral ...
(Сетунь) — unique
balanced ternary computer.
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Strela (Стрела)
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Ural (Урал) — mainframe series
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Vector-06C (Вектор-06Ц)
Ministry of Instrument Making

Computer systems from the
Ministry of Instrument Making The Ministry of Instrument-Making, Automation Devices and Control Systems (Minpribor; russian: Министерство приборостроения, средств автоматизации и систем управления) was a government ...
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Aragats
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Арагац)
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Iskra
''Iskra'' ( rus, Искра, , ''the Spark'') was a political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP).
History
Due to political repression under Tsar Nic ...
(Искра) — common name for many computers with different architecture
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Iskra-1030 —
Intel 8086
The 8086 (also called iAPX 86) is a 16-bit microprocessor chip designed by Intel between early 1976 and June 8, 1978, when it was released. The Intel 8088, released July 1, 1979, is a slightly modified chip with an external 8-bit data bus (allow ...
XT clone
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KVM-1 (КВМ-1)
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SM EVM (СМ ЭВМ) — most models were
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of all models were so ...
clones, while some others were
HP 2100
The HP 2100 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers that were produced by Hewlett-Packard (HP) from the mid-1960s to early 1990s. Tens of thousands of machines in the series were sold over its twenty-five year lifetime, making HP the fourth largest m ...
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VAX or
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the devel ...
compatible
Ministry of the Electronics Industry
Computer systems from the
Ministry of Electronics Industry:
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Elektronika (Электроника) family
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DVK family (ДВК) —
PDP-11
The PDP-11 is a series of 16-bit minicomputers sold by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1970 into the 1990s, one of a set of products in the Programmed Data Processor (PDP) series. In total, around 600,000 PDP-11s of all models were so ...
clones
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Elektronika BK-0010 (БК-0010, БК-0011) —
LSI-11 clone home computer
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UKNC (УКНЦ) — educational, PDP11-like
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Elektronika 60
The Electronika 60 (russian: Электроника 60) is a computer made in the Soviet Union by Elektronika in Voronezh.
Overview
Alone the ''Electronika 60'' is a rack-mounted computer with no built-in display or storage devices. It was u ...
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Elektronika 100
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Elektronika 85 — Clone of
DEC Professional (computer) 350 (F11)
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Elektronika 85.1 — Clone of
DEC Professional (computer) 380 (J11)
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Elektronika D3-28
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Elektronika SS BIS (Электроника СС БИС) — Cray clone
Soviet Academy of Sciences

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BESM (БЭСМ) — series of
mainframe
A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterpris ...
s
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Besta (Беста) — Unix box, Motorola
68020-based,
Sun-3 clone
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Elbrus
Mount Elbrus ( rus, links=no, Эльбрус, r=Elbrus, p=ɪlʲˈbrus; kbd, Ӏуащхьэмахуэ, 'uaşhəmaxuə; krc, Минги тау, Mingi Taw) is the highest and most prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the we ...
(Эльбрус) — high-end mainframe series
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Kronos (Кронос)
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MESM (МЭСМ) — first Soviet Union computer (1950)
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M-1 M1, M01 or M-1 may refer to:
Arts, entertainment & media
* WD-M01 Turn A Gundam, a mecha from the anime ''Turn A Gundam''
* M-1 (rapper), one half of hip hop duo Dead Prez
* Korg M1, a keyboard synthesizer
* Leica M1, a 1959 35 mm camera mo ...
— one of the earliest
stored program computers (1950-1951)
ZX Spectrum clones

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ATM Turbo
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Dubna 48K - running at half the speed of the original
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Hobbit
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Pentagon
In geometry, a pentagon (from the Greek language, Greek πέντε ''pente'' meaning ''five'' and γωνία ''gonia'' meaning ''angle'') is any five-sided polygon or 5-gon. The sum of the internal angles in a simple polygon, simple pentagon is ...
* Radon 'Z'
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Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always endi ...
Other
* 5E** (5Э**) series - military computers
** 5E51 (5Э51)
** 5E53 (5Э53)
** 5E76 (5Э76) - IBM/360 clone, military version
** 5E92 (5Э92)
** 5E92b (5Э92б)
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A series —
ES EVM
The ES EVM (russian: Единая система электронных вычислительных машин (ЕС ЭВМ), translit=Yedinaya sistema electronnykh vytchislitel'nykh mashin (ES EVM), "Unified System of Electronic Computers"), o ...
-compatible military computers
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Argon
Argon is a chemical element with the symbol Ar and atomic number 18. It is in group 18 of the periodic table and is a noble gas. Argon is the third-most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, at 0.934% (9340 ppmv). It is more than twice as a ...
— a series of military real-time computers
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AS-6 (АС-6) - multiprocessor computing complex, name is Russian abbreviation for "Connection Equipment - 6"
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Dnepr (
Днепр)
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GVS-100 (ГВС-100, Гибридная Вичислителная Система) - Hybrid Computer System
* Irisha (
Ириша)
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Juku (Юку) —
Estonia
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n school computer
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Kiev
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Ky ...
(
Киев)
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Korvet (
Корвет)
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Krista
Krista is a female given name, a mostly North European ( Finland, Estonia and Sweden) variant of the male name Christian. The name Krista can be spelled with a "Ch", making it Christa. It means "Follower of Christ".
People named Krista
* Krista ...
(
Криста)
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Micro-80 (Микро-80) — experimental PC, based on 8080-compatible processor
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Microsha (
Микроша) — modification of Radio-86RK
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MIR, МИР (
:uk:ЕОМ "МИР-1",
:uk:ЕОМ "МИР-2")
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Nairi
Nairi ( classical hy, Նայիրի, ''Nayiri'', reformed: Նաիրի, ''Nairi''; , also ''Na-'i-ru'') was the Akkadian name for a region inhabited by a particular group (possibly a confederation or league) of tribal principalities in the Armeni ...
(Наири)
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Orion-128
The Orion-128 (russian: Орион-128) is a DIY computer designed in Soviet Union. It was featured in the ''Radio'' magazine in 1990, other materials for the computer were published until 1996. It was the last Intel 8080-based DIY computer in Ru ...
(Орион-128)
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Promin (
Проминь)
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PS-2000, PS-3000 — multiprocessor supercomputers in the
1980s
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Razdan (
Раздан)
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Radon
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— real-time computer, designed for anti-aircraft defense
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Radio-86RK — simplified and modified version of Micro-80
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Sneg (Снег)
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Specialist
Specialist may refer to:
Occupations
* Specialist (rank), a military rank
** Specialist (Singapore)
* Specialist (arena football)
* Specialist degree, in academia
* Specialty (medicine)
* Designated market maker, in the American stock market
* ...
(Специалист)
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SVS
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TsUM-1 (ЦУМ-1)
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TIA-MC-1 An arcade system
* UM (УМ)
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UT-88
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Vesna and
Sneg[ — early mainframes
]
List of operating systems
*For Kronos
** Kronos
*For BESM
** D-68 (Д-68, Диспетчер-68, Dispatcher-68)
** DISPAK (“Диспетчер Пакетов,” Dispatcher of the Packets)
**DUBNA
Dubna ( rus, Дубна́, p=dʊbˈna) is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of '' naukograd'' (i.e. town of science), being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research center and one ...
(“ДУБНА”)
*For ES EVM
The ES EVM (russian: Единая система электронных вычислительных машин (ЕС ЭВМ), translit=Yedinaya sistema electronnykh vytchislitel'nykh mashin (ES EVM), "Unified System of Electronic Computers"), o ...
** DOS/ES (“Disk Operation system for ES EVM”)
** OS/ES (“Disk Operation system for ES EVM”)
* For SM EVM
** RAFOS (РАФОС), FOBOS (ФОБОС) and FODOS (ФОДОС) — RT-11 clones
** OSRV (ОСРВ) — RSX-11M clone, one of the most popular Soviet multi-user systems
** DEMOS
Demos may refer to:
Computing
* DEMOS, a Soviet Unix-like operating system
* DEMOS (ISP), the first internet service provider in the USSR
* Demos Commander, an Orthodox File Manager for Unix-like systems
* plural for Demo (computer programming ...
— BSD-based Unix-like; later was ported to x86 and some other architectures
** INMOS (ИНМОС, Инструментальная мобильная операционная система)
*For 8-bit microcomputers
** MicroDOS
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(МикроДОС) — CP/M 2.2 clone
*For ZX Spectrum clones
**iS-DOS
iS-DOS is a disk operating system (DOS) for Soviet/Russian ZX Spectrum clones. iS-DOS was developed in 1990 or 1991, by Iskra Soft, in Leningrad, Soviet Union, now Saint Petersburg, Russia.
It handles floppy disks (double sided, double densit ...
, TASiS
** DNA-OS
*For different platforms
**MISS
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(Multipurpose Interactive timeSharing System) - ES EVM
The ES EVM (russian: Единая система электронных вычислительных машин (ЕС ЭВМ), translit=Yedinaya sistema electronnykh vytchislitel'nykh mashin (ES EVM), "Unified System of Electronic Computers"), o ...
ES1010, ES EVM
The ES EVM (russian: Единая система электронных вычислительных машин (ЕС ЭВМ), translit=Yedinaya sistema electronnykh vytchislitel'nykh mashin (ES EVM), "Unified System of Electronic Computers"), o ...
ES1045, D3-28M, PC-compatible, etc.
* MOS (operating system) - a Soviet clone of Unix in the 1980s
See also
* History of computing in the Soviet Union
* List of Soviet microprocessors
* List of Russian IT developers
* List of Russian microprocessors
* Internet in Russia
References
External links
Russian Virtual Computer Museum
Museum of the USSR Computers history
''Pioneers of Soviet Computing''
Archive software and documentation for Soviet computers UK-NC, DVK and BK0010.
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