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Nikolay Brusentsov

1925-02-07 – 2014-12-04

Пионер советской вычислительной техники Николай Петрович Брусенцов. В 1958 году разработал в МГУ первый в мире троичный миникомпьютер Сетунь.Credit: Nadir of Moscow

Life & Legacy

Nikolay Petrovich Brusentsov (Russian: Никола́й Петро́вич Брусенцо́в; 7 February 1925 in Kamianske, Ukrainian SSR – 4 December 2014) was a computer scientist, most famous for having built a (balanced) ternary computer, Setun, together with Sergei Sobolev in 1958.
In 1970 he designed Setun 70, implementing principles which were later proposed for the RISC architecture independently. He died on 4 December 2014.

Occupation & Career

computer scientist, engineer, inventor, design engineer

Education

Moscow Power Engineering Institute; Ukrainian National Academy of Music

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Order of the Red Star; Medal "For Courage"; VDNKh gold medal; Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize; VDNKh silver medal; Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class; Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class; Medal VDNKh; Order of the Badge of Honour; Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"; Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"; Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union Prize · Honoured Higher education employee of the Russian Federation · Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" · Medal "For Courage" · Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" · Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" · Medal VDNKh · Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class · Order of the Badge of Honour · Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class · Order of the Red Star · VDNKh gold medal · VDNKh silver medal