If you're interested in this area, I highly recommend Francis Spufford's book "Red Plenty". It's a fictionalised account of some of this history (Lebedev is a c

If you're interested in this area, I highly recommend Francis Spufford's book "Red Plenty". It's a fictionalised account of some of this history (Lebedev is a character, for example). Its main focus is the interaction between Soviet computer science, economics and political idealism. Here's one review: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7956346/Red-Plenty-by-Francis-Spufford-review.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7956346...