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Moscow

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) is a public figure of the Russia

Russia

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n Internet segment, the Runet

Runet

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He graduated from Moscow State University

Moscow State University

Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...

 Department of Mechanics and Mathematics

MSU Department of Mechanics and Mathematics

The MSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics is one of the most esteemed faculties of Moscow State University, widely regarded by students as one of the toughest faculties in the university.-Brief history:...

. Since 1991 he has been an employee of the Scientific Research Institute of System Development

Scientific Research Institute of System Development

Scientific Research Institute of System Analysis - is Russia's research and development institution in the field of complex applications, an initiative of the Russian Academy of Sciences...

, where he among other duties is administrating the campus

Campus

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 local network. Also he took up teaching courses on Unix

Unix

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, TCP/IP, HP OpenView

OpenView

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, VMware

VMware

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Moshków programmed some major media Internet projects like Gazeta.Ru, Lenta.Ru

Lenta.Ru

Lenta.Ru is a Moscow-based news website in Russian language, owned by Rambler Media Group which belongs to Prof-Media. It is considered one of the most popular Russian language online resources with over 600 thousand visitors daily....

, Vesti.Ru, etc. as well as authoring Lib.ru

Lib.ru

Lib.ru, also known as Maksim Moshkow's Library is the oldest electronic library in the Russian Internet segment.Founded and supported by Maksim Moshkow, it receives contributions mainly from users who send texts they scanned and processed...

 also known as Maksim Moshkow's Library, which started to operate in November 1994 and proved to be the largest and most comprehensive Russian electronic library.

He is a laureate of the Internet Prize ROTOR-2005 as the "Man of the Year". He is married, and have one son and two daughters.

External links

• Maksim Moshkow home page
• His internet library (Russian)