Siberian electronics and cultural progress in the East Russia during the last century

Abstract

The paper gives the short historical description of the social-cultural development of Siberia - the vast geographical region of the Asian part of Russia. Due to the low population density, severe climate and remoteness from centers of the world civilization Siberia up to the XIX century was the underdeveloped part of Russia in spite of the reach natural resources. Still during the last 200 years Siberia demonstrated rapid development of industry, science and culture. It is shown in the paper that this progress is connected with the leading brunches of knowledge - such as physics, electronics and information technologies. To-day Siberia is not only the highly developed industrial area but also one of the centers of the world science and culture.