Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering (IPMCE) is a Russian

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. It used to be a

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organization in Soviet times. The institute specializes itself in the development of: *

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systems for

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* Hardware and

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for

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systems for control and training * Positioning and

navigational system A navigation system is a computing system that aids in navigation. Navigation systems may be entirely on board the vehicle or vessel that the system is controlling (for example, on the ship's bridge) or located elsewhere, making use of radio or oth ...

s In August 2009 IPMCE became a

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. On 19 February 2025, a fire destroyed the Institute. Burning out some 1,500 square metres with the roof reportedly collapsed.

Computers developed by IPMCE

* BESM-1 * BESM-2 * BESM-4 * BESM-6 * Elbrus-1 * Elbrus-2 * Elbrus-3

Software developed by IPMCE

Эль-76 El-76 () is a high-level programming language developed in 1972–1973. The language was created for the Elbrus computer. Participants in the creation of the language were: Boris Babayan, V. M. Pentkovskii, S. V. Semenikhin, S. V. Veretennikov ...

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External links

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References

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