To the 40th Anniversary of the Decrees of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR on the further development of work in the field of computer technology, including at the USSR Academy of Sciences

The year 2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Institute of Problems of Informatics of the USSR Academy of Sciences, currently part of the Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Institute was established in accordance with a decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR and a decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated July 29, 1983. The article discusses some prehistory of the development of computer technology in the USSR before these decrees were issued, the return of the subject of work on computer technology and computer science to the USSR Academy of Sciences, the esteblishment of the Department of Computer Science, Computer Technology, and Automation of the USSR Academy of Sciences, and the main provisions of the decrees. Brief information about the development of IPIAN from the moment of its creation to the present time is also provided.