Andrei Chernov

Andrei Aleksandrovich Chernov (Russian: Андре́й Алекса́ндрович Чернов, romanized: Andréj Aleksándrovič Černóv; 27 August 1966 – 16 August 2017), also known as Andrew Chernov and Ache, was a Soviet and Russian programmer who was one of the founders of the Russian Internet and the creator of the character encoding KOI8-R.[1]

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Chernov.
Andrei Chernov
Born
Andrei Aleksandrovich Chernov

(1966-08-27)27 August 1966
Moscow, Russia
Died16 August 2017(2017-08-16) (aged 50)
Moscow, Russia
Other namesAndrew Chernov, Ache
Alma materMoscow State University
OccupationProgrammer
Known for
Websitehttp://zachem.ne.jp (formerly http://vniz.net)

He is also known for his contributions to the esoteric counterculture of the Russian 1990s, especially the popularization of Thelema and the name of Aleister Crowley in post-Soviet Russia. He also hosted the website Vniz.net, which contained a collection of various rare pieces of media, including anime and art by Fin de siècle painters like Nicholas Kalmakoff, Louis Wain, and Franz von Bayros.

Education

Chernov was born in Moscow on 27 August 1966. He graduated from Moscow State University in the 1980s.[2]

Career

Chernov was employed at the first Russian Internet service provider Demos, and worked on the computer network RELCOM which linked Russia to the global network.[2]

He developed the Cyrillic character encoding KOI8-R,[3] which he registered at the Internet Engineering Task Force in July 1993.[1] In 1992-1996 he along with P. Sushkov worked on translation of the PGP software.[4]

From 1993 to 2000, Chernov was a member of the FreeBSD Core Team.[5] He is listed as contributor to the FreeBSD.[6] In 2000 he participated in the first full-team BSDCon meeting. Earlier he was denied entry to the US as he was deemed "unsuitable".[7]: 15 

Chernov died on August 16, 2017, at the age of 50 after a long illness.[2][8][9] Before that he allegedly suffered from osteoporosis and broken leg.[10]

Personal website

In December 2018, Chernov's personal website Vniz.net became unavailable due to the expiration of domain registration, after which it was reconstructed at the new address Zachem.ne.jp with the use of Wayback materials.[11]

References
  1. "Registration of a Cyrillic Character Set". IETF Tools. Internet Engineering Task Force. July 1993. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. "Умер создатель кодировки KOI8-R Андрей Чернов". Газета.Ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  3. Roman Czyborra. "The Cyrillic Charset Soup". Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  4. "PGP". Old-DOS.ru — Крупнейший в Рунете архив старых программ. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  5. "Core Team Alumni". FreeBSD project. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  6. "Contributors to FreeBSD". acc.tula.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  7. Australian Open Systems Users Group. Conference (2002). AUUG 2002 : Measure, monitor, control : conference proceedings. Adrian Close. Kensington, N.S.W.: AUUG Inc. ISBN 0-9577532-4-1. OCLC 224026199.
  8. "Умер создатель кодировки KOI8-R Андрей Чернов". Interfax.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  9. "Умер создатель основной кодировки рунета KOI8-R Андрей Чернов". 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017.
  10. "Умер Андрей Чернов, автор кодировки KOI8-R и один из первых разработчиков FreeBSD". www.opennet.ru. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
  11. Natalia Konradova. Как из интернета (навсегда!) исчезают сайты и кто пытается этому помешать [How websites disappear from the Internet forever, and who tries to stop this] (in Russian).
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