Vasily Shamshin (1926–2009) was a Soviet statesman, the Minister of Communications of the USSR (1980–1989), an Academician of the International Informatization Academy and the International Academy of Communications, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — IEEE (USA), an honorary member of the Popov Russian Scientific and Technical Society of Radio Engineering, Electronics and Communications, a participant in numerous international conferences, an honorary radio engineer, a communications master, and the author of ten inventions and of more than 100 published works.
V. Shamshin directly participated in the development of complex scientific and technical projects, such as increasing the efficiency of acting broadcasting facilities; developing the United Automatized State Communication Network; reconstructing backbone communication lines; systematic use of communication satellites; comprehensive industrialization of the construction of communication facilities; and increasing the survivability of networks in extreme conditions. V. Shamshin participated in the construction of the Ekran direct television broadcasting system. In the 1980s, under the direct leadership of Minister of Communications V. Shamshin, a comprehensive state telephony program was developed.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Vasily Shamshin against the background of the Central Telegraph building, the Ostankino TV Tower, a Rubin-106 television set, and the Ekran communications satellite.
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