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This chapter describes the formation of the ICT field in post-Soviet Russia. The first section introduces the reader to the realities of a start-up Russian software firm and the role of personal networks in the company growth through a detailed description of the birth and development of Arcadia, one of the central software companies in St. Petersburg. The second section places this case in a larger historical context by depicting in a necessarily limited form the evolution of computing in the Soviet Union. The third section describes the role of information technology in the collapse of the Soviet Union, drawing on the work of Manuel Castells. The last section focuses on ICT in post-Soviet Russia by describing its role in the Russian national economy, the use of ICT by the Russians, the state’s supportive measures in the IT field, and the position of Russian IT in the global economy.
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Lonkila, M. (2011). The Evolution of Russia’s IT Sector. In: Networks in the Russian Market Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294936_3
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