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In 1958, Mikhail R. Shura-Bura became chief developer of the [[M-20]] computer under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Alexeyevich_Lebedev Sergey Alexeyevich Lebedev] <ref>[http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/m20.htm M-20 Computer] from [[Russian Virtual Computer Museum]]</ref> <ref>[http://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81430666284&coll=DL&dl=ACM&trk=0&cfid=243855333&cftoken=87926302 Gregory D. Crowe], [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/pers/hd/g/Goodman:Seymour_E= Seymour E. Goodman] ('''1994'''). ''S.A. Lebedev and the Birth of Soviet Computing''.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_Annals_of_the_History_of_Computing IEEE Annals of the History of Computing], Vol. 16, No. 1, [http://devcistp.gatech.edu/sites/devcistp.gatech.edu/files/lebedev_and_the_birth_of_soviet_computing.pdf pdf]
</ref>, where he designed the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_code instruction codes], and took the most active part in developing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system operating system] IS-2, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_%28computing%29 library] of standard programs, [[Algol]] <ref>[http://www.osp.ru/cw/1999/45/38679/ Трансляторы с Алгола-60 - № 45, 1999] [[Computerworld#Russia|Computerworld Россия]] (Russian)</ref> and [[Fortran]] compilers, a [[Shura-Bura's Program|chess playing program]], and further continued working on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajectory_optimization trajectory optimizations] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite satellites], also used for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin Yuri Gagarin's] first journey into [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_space outer space], when his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vostok_%28spacecraft%29 Vostok] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft spacecraft] completed an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit orbit] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth Earth] on April 12, 1961.
=Computer Chess=
[[Shura-Bura's Program|Shura-Bura's chess playing program]], presumably for the [[M-20]], was developed in 1961 by a team headed by Shura-Bura <ref>V. Tomanov ('''1961'''). ''The best move in 58 seconds''. in the 8th Bulletin of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Chess_Championship_1961 Botvinnik Tal 1961 revenge-match] (Russian)</ref> <ref>[[Jaap van den Herik]] ('''1983'''). ''Computerschaak, Schaakwereld en Kunstmatige Intelligentie''. Ph.D. thesis, [[Delft University of Technology]]. Academic Service, The Hague. ISBN 90 62 33 093 2 (Dutch), 2.2.9. Sjoera-Boera - translation from Russian by J.P. Warris, Russian teacher at TH Delft</ref> <ref>[http://www.schachcomputer.at/gesch6.htm Schachcomputer - Geschichte - 6] by [[Karsten Bauermeister]] (German)</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=70939&start=5 Re: The mystery of Alex Bernstein] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], June 08, 2019 » [[Alex Bernstein]]</ref>.
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