About academician I. A. Mizin’s contribution to theory and practice of domestic information-telecommunication systems creation: to the 80th anniversary

The article is devoted to the 80th anniversary of academician I. A. Mizin, head of IPI RAS during 1989–1999, outstanding scientist, designer and engineer. A brief biography concerning his scientific work is presented. The scientific and practical contribution of I. A. Mizin to the theory and its applications in creation of domestic information-telecommunication systems (ITS) is considered in three directions of his work. The first direction is development and implementation of the data communication system for the purposes of Armed Force ACS (automated control system), which was the first domestic network with packet commutation. The second direction is justification of information technologies for creation of the huge territorial system of data communication in the regions of Russia. The third direction is creation and development of information networks for the purposes of government with requirements of information protection.