Elektronorgtechnica

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Integrated circuits with the logo of Elektronorgtechnika

Elektronorgtechnica (also spelled Electronorgtechnica, Template:Langx), better known abbreviated as ELORG (Элорг), was a state-owned organization with a monopoly on the import and export of computer support and hardware and software in the Soviet Union.[1] It was controlled by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of the USSR from 1971 to 1989.[2]

The company was associated with the export of Soviet design calculators, Electronika being one brand that was exported, rebranding them as ELORG products.[3] Elorg also marketed the Agat computer,[4] and imported IBM computers into the Soviet Union, starting with the IBM System/360 Model 50 in 1971.[5]

Robert Maxwell pressured Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev to cancel the contract between Elorg and Nintendo concerning the rights to the game franchise Tetris.[6]

In 1991, as the Soviet Union was being dissolved, Elorg was turned into a private business by its director, Nikolai Belikov.[7] Elorg was sold to The Tetris Company in January 2005 for $15 million.[8]

Tetris

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Elorg copyright notice on the back cover of the 1987 edition of Tetris

ELORG was responsible for the licensing of the popular video game series Tetris.[9] Tetris was written by salaried programmers at the Soviet Academy of Sciences, which was not allowed to carry out commercial activities directly.[1] As the game was owned by the state, all rights to the game worldwide were handled by ELORG.[10] In 1996 ELORG was reportedly a privatised Russian company which retained the rights to the Tetris trademark.[11][12]

ELORG was a partner in The Tetris Company which licenses the Tetris name to game companies, along with Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov and businessman Henk Rogers. Elorg was a 50 percent owner in the company until Rogers and Pajitnov bought ELORG's remaining rights around 2005.[13][14]

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  3. ↑ Museum of Soviet Calculators on the Web - Export and Foreign Template:Webarchive, accessed June 1, 2006
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  9. ↑ Atari HQ: Tetris History Template:Webarchive, accessed June 1, 2006
  10. ↑ "Tetris Story" Template:Webarchive by Vadim Gerasimov, accessed April 15, 2007
  11. ↑ PR Newswire - "Tetris Inventor Gets His Due in Historic Russia/US Joint Venture" Template:Webarchive, accessed June 1, 2006
  12. ↑ The Tetris Taxonomy - "Putting the puzzle pieces back together: Alexey Pajitnov has a new game plan for Tetris." Template:Webarchive, accessed June 1, 2006
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