Lev Korolyov (scientist)

Lev Korolyov
Korolyov in May 2011
Born (1926-09-06) 6 September 1926 (age 98)
Died5 January 2016(2016-01-05) (aged 89)
Alma materMoscow State University
Scientific career
FieldsSystem Software,
Computer Science,
Computer Architecture,
Operating Systems
InstitutionsMSU CMC
Doctoral advisorSergey Lebedev
Doctoral studentsRuslan Smelyansky,
Igor Mashechkin,
Peter Brusilovsky

Lev Nikolayevich Korolyov (also Korolev, Russian: Лев Николаевич Королёв; 6 September 1926 – 5 January 2016) was a Russian / Soviet computer scientist, a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences. He was involved in the development of the first Soviet computers.