Internet

Internet is a network connecting many computer networks & based on a common addressing system & communications protocol.

The Internet has its origin in the US Department of Defence program called

Advanced Research Projects Agency Network. The program was created in order to provide a communications network for organizations dealing with defence research.

From its creation in 1983 the Internet has been growing into increasingly popular mass media. Nowadays it connects millions of computers throughout the world. The sphere of its usage has also been extended by the connecting of many other computer networks & the communications services. The original uses of the Internet were electronic mail (commonly called “E-mail”), file transfer, using file transfer protocol, newsgroups & remote computer access (telnet).

By 1990 the World-Wide Web, which enables simple navigation of the Internet sites through a graphical interface, had also extended greatly & became the most important component of the Internet.

The Internet connected millions of computers throughout the world. Many commercial computer network & data services also provided at least indirect connection to the Internet. Amateur radio, cable television wires, spread-spectrum radio, satellite & fibre optics all have been used to deliver Internet services. Networked games, networked monetary transactions & virtual museums are among applications being developed that both extend the network`s utility & test the limits of its technology.

Ryazan

Ryazan is one of Russia’s most ancient towns. It was founded in 1095. As early as 1096 it was mentioned in the annals. The Oka -“the great river of the Slavs & the Rus”, as the Arabs called it – linked the trade centres of the Baltic lands with the countries of the Orient up to China. Ryazan was one of the most important towns along that trade route. It was the first in Early Russia to bear the full brunt of the invasion of Khan Batu’s Golden Horde. Ryazan was plundered & burnt down & the population was almost completely wiped out.

Now Ryazan is a modern industrial town & cultural centre. Ryazan lies on the right bank of the Oka River where the Trubezh River falls into it. On a high bank of the Trubezh you can see the wonderful ancient Kremlin & a church of the 17-th century. Cathedral of the Assumption is the oldest among the Kremlin buildings. Today the Kremlin houses the Museum of Local lore & an Art Museum. Ryazan Kremlin is a masterpiece of architecture.

There are many places of interest in Ryazan such as Pavlov House-Museum, the wonderful building of the Drama Theatre, the modern building of Puppet Theatre, the Esenin Concert Hall, a Circus. One can find here a large number of modern cinemas & clubs. There are a lot of monuments in Ryazan, which architecture graces the town. But Ryazan is famous not only for its historical places & monuments. A lot of great people lived & worked here. We are rightfully proud of the great physiologist Pavlov, the founder of rocket theory Tsiolkovsky, the naturalist Michurin, the geographer Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, the great poet Esenin & many others.