Litwin
Diamond Member
my answer is , cos Muscovy always has been a bamboo empire, what do you think?
Why Russia's first attempt at the internet failed
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In the 1960s, a Russian engineer proposed a civilian computer network to connect workers and farmers all across the Soviet Union, and the idea made it all the way to the highest authorities in Moscow.
What went wrong? Watch this video to find out, and read this in-depth piece for analysis on how this Soviet failure unfolded.
On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, BBC Future is running a series about the influence of the Soviet Union in science and technology."
Why Russia's first attempt at the internet failed

"
In the 1960s, a Russian engineer proposed a civilian computer network to connect workers and farmers all across the Soviet Union, and the idea made it all the way to the highest authorities in Moscow.
What went wrong? Watch this video to find out, and read this in-depth piece for analysis on how this Soviet failure unfolded.
On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, BBC Future is running a series about the influence of the Soviet Union in science and technology."