Anatoly Kitov - Pioneer of Russian Informatics - History of Computing: Learning from the Past - page 84

management in the country was described for the first time. He suggested to connect
all computing centers into one national united network.
In 1958 Kitov, in collaboration with colleagues received patent for new operation
principle of computer central arithmetic device, so-called "Method of computer com-
mand rate quadruple combination". That method was implemented in computer M-
100, the most powerful Soviet computer at that period of time. It was used in solving
problems of antiaircraft missile aiming at flying target and in other military tasks. A.
Kitov was the chief designer of M-100. Its architecture was described in his disserta-
tion thesis "Computer applications for problems of antiaircraft defense", which was
successfully submitted in 1963 and was awarded "Doctor of technical sciences" de-
gree. He analyzed basic principles of special computers design and structure, their
programming languages, as well as mathematical computer modeling of dynamic
systems for antiaircraft defense problems such as ballistics, flying target tracking, etc.
In 1958 A. Kitov and N. Krinitskiy published the topic "Electronic Computers". In
1962 Pergamon Press published English translation of this topic; in the preface pro-
fessor A.D. Booth wrote: "This topic gives, for the first time in the West, the Russian
approach to an elementary description of the principles, construction and program-
ming of automatic digital computers. It will be noted that special reference is made to
the solution of mathematical and logical problems and to the automatic control of
processes. It is particularly interesting for the worker in this field to see how closely
this treatment follows that which has developed in the West, and to observe the modi-
fications which have resulted from the computing machines which are available in
Russia. Electrical and Electronic engineers, mathematicians, physicians and all con-
cerned with the design and use of computers will welcome this Russian work".
Fig. 2. The topic "Electronic Computers" by A. Kitov and N. Krinitskiy in Russian (1958) and
English (1962)
In 1959 A. Kitov and N. Krinitskiy published large textbook "Electronic Digital
Computers and Programming" which became the most popular one among engineer-
ing universities. Several generations of students in the half of the world (in the USSR,
Eastern Europe and China) studied with that topic which was one of the best in the
field of programming and computers at that time.