Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled Electronorgtechnica, Russian: Всесою́зное Объедине́ние «Электро́норгтехника», tr.Vsesoyúznoye Obyedinéniye "Elektrónorgtekhnika"), better known abbreviated as ELORG (Элорг), was a state-owned organization with a monopoly on the import and export of computer hardware and software in the Soviet Union.[1] It was controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR from 1971 to 1989.[2]
Integrated circuits with the logo of Elektronorgtechnika
The company was associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products.[3] Elorg also marketed the Agat computer,[4] and imported IBM computers into the Soviet Union, starting with the IBM System/360 Model 50 in 1971.[5]
In 1991, as the Soviet Union was being dissolved, Elorg was turned into a private business by its director, Nikolai Belikov.[6] Elorg was sold to The Tetris Company in January 2005 for $15 million.[7]Robert Maxwell pressured Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to cancel the contract between Elorg and Nintendo concerning the rights to the game Tetris.[8]
Tetris
Elorg copyright notice on the back cover of the 1987 edition of Tetris
ELORG was responsible for the licensing of the popular video gameTetris.[9]Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was not allowed to carry out commercial activities directly.[1] As the game was owned by the state, all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG.[10] In 1996 ELORG was reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the Tetristrademark.[11][12]
ELORG was a partner in The Tetris Company which licenses the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers. Elorg was a 50 percent owner in the company until Rogers and Pajitnov bought ELORG's remaining rights around 2005.[13][14]
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^"Tetris Story" 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine by Vadim Gerasimov, accessed April 15, 2007
^PR Newswire - "Tetris Inventor Gets His Due in Historic Russia/US Joint Venture" 2012-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, accessed June 1, 2006
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elektronorgtechnica, also, spelled, electronorgtechnica, russian, Всесою, зное, Объедине, ние, Электро, норгтехника, vsesoyúznoye, obyedinéniye, elektrónorgtekhnika, better, known, abbreviated, elorg, Элорг, state, owned, organization, with, monopoly, import, . Elektronorgtechnica also spelled Electronorgtechnica Russian Vsesoyu znoe Obedine nie Elektro norgtehnika tr Vsesoyuznoye Obyedineniye Elektronorgtekhnika better known abbreviated as ELORG Elorg was a state owned organization with a monopoly on the import and export of computer hardware and software in the Soviet Union 1 It was controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR from 1971 to 1989 2 ElektronorgtechnicaIndustryImport export of electronicsFounded1971Defunct2005FateSold to The Tetris Company in 2005HeadquartersMoscow RussiaParentMinistry of Foreign Trade of the USSR until 1989 Integrated circuits with the logo of Elektronorgtechnika The company was associated with the export of Soviet design calculators Electronika being one brand that was exported rebranding them as ELORG products 3 Elorg also marketed the Agat computer 4 and imported IBM computers into the Soviet Union starting with the IBM System 360 Model 50 in 1971 5 In 1991 as the Soviet Union was being dissolved Elorg was turned into a private business by its director Nikolai Belikov 6 Elorg was sold to The Tetris Company in January 2005 for 15 million 7 Robert Maxwell pressured Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to cancel the contract between Elorg and Nintendo concerning the rights to the game Tetris 8 Tetris Edit Elorg copyright notice on the back cover of the 1987 edition of Tetris ELORG was responsible for the licensing of the popular video game Tetris 9 Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences which was not allowed to carry out commercial activities directly 1 As the game was owned by the state all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG 10 In 1996 ELORG was reportedly a privatised Russian company which has retained the rights to the Tetris trademark 11 12 ELORG was a partner in The Tetris Company which licenses the Tetris name to game companies along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers Elorg was a 50 percent owner in the company until Rogers and Pajitnov bought ELORG s remaining rights around 2005 13 14 References Edit a b Intellektualnaya sobstvennost Tetris Kommersant 12 September 1995 Archived from the original on 18 September 2017 Retrieved 17 September 2017 Spisok ministerstv i vedomstv ih strukturnyh podrazdelenij i podvedomstvennyh organizacij dokumenty kotoryh peredany PDF Economy gov ru Archived PDF from the original on 17 September 2017 Retrieved 17 September 2017 Museum of Soviet Calculators on the Web Export and Foreign Archived 2006 06 15 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 1 2006 New Chips Byte Magazine 9 12 1984 Archived from the original on 17 February 2017 Retrieved 17 September 2017 Chaepitie v chest 20 let IBM na rossijskom rynke 7 September 1992 Archived from the original on 18 September 2017 Retrieved 17 September 2017 Books Worth 2017 Summary and Analysis of The Tetris Effect The Game that Hypnotized the World Based on the Book by Dan Ackerman Open Road Media p 30 ISBN 9781504008716 Archived from the original on 2017 09 21 CASE NO 12 2 23972 0 SEA PDF Summitlaw com p 5 Archived PDF from the original on 21 September 2017 Retrieved 21 September 2017 Ichbiah Daniel 1997 La Saga des Jeux Video in French 1st ed Pix N Love Editions p 95 ISBN 2266087630 Atari HQ Tetris History Archived 2012 05 07 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 1 2006 Tetris Story Archived 2006 08 21 at the Wayback Machine by Vadim Gerasimov accessed April 15 2007 PR Newswire Tetris Inventor Gets His Due in Historic Russia US Joint Venture Archived 2012 02 12 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 1 2006 The Tetris Taxonomy Putting the puzzle pieces back together Alexey Pajitnov has a new game plan for Tetris Archived 2006 06 22 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 1 2006 Hartley Matt 2009 06 06 Rock around the blocks The Globe and Mail Toronto Archived from the original on February 4 2013 Retrieved 2011 02 17 Remo Chris 2009 09 10 The Man Who Won Tetris Gamasutra Archived from the original on 2014 04 18 Retrieved 2014 04 17 Portals Companies Russia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elektronorgtechnica amp oldid 1127949728, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
