Russian, Soviet, and Eastern Bloc computing collection 1956-1996

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Russian, Soviet, and Eastern Bloc computing collection 1956-1996

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The Russian, Soviet and Eastern Bloc Collection consist of materials that provide a picture of the development of Soviet computing and record Soviet impressions of computer development within the United States. While the bulk of the materials are from the former Soviet Union and Russia, other countries are represented, including China, Korea, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

48 boxes (47.1 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6615329

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