Nikolay Brusentsov

{{Infobox scientist

| name = Nikolay Brusentsov

| image = Пионер советской вычислительной техники Н.П.Брусенцов, 10.2009.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|2|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kamianske Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|4|1925|2|7|df=y}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| field = Mathematical Cybernetics

| work_institution = Moscow State University

| alma_mater = Moscow Power Engineering Institute

| doctoral_advisor =

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Nikolay Petrovich Brusentsov ({{langx|ru|Никола́й Петро́вич Брусенцо́в}}; 7 February 1925 in Kamenskoe, Ukrainian SSR – 4 December 2014) was a computer scientist, most famous for having built a (balanced) ternary computer, Setun, together with Sergei Sobolev in 1958.[http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/galglory_en/Brusentsov.htm Russian Virtual Computer Museum – Hall of Fame – Nikolay Petrovich Brusentsov], retrieved 2010-01-25.{{citation

| last1 = Trogemann | first1 = Georg

| last2 = Nitussov | first2 = Alexander Y.

| last3 = Ernst | first3 = Wolfgang

| isbn = 978-3-528-05757-2

| pages = 19, 55, 57, 91, 104–107

| publisher = Vieweg+Teubner Verlag

| title = Computing in Russia: the history of computer devices and information technology revealed

| year = 2001}}.

In 1970 he designed Setun 70, implementing principles which were later proposed for the RISC architecture independently. He died on 4 December 2014.[http://ternarycomp.cs.msu.ru/ НИКОЛАЙ ПЕТРОВИЧ БРУСЕНЦОВ (7 февраля 1925 – 4 декабря 2014)] {{in lang|ru}}