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Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov is a Russian and American computer engineer and video game designer. He is best known for creating, designing, and developing Tetris in 1985 while working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

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Born 16 April 1955 · Q92600

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2026· 2 entries

Aug 7, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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Public attention spiked: 3,411 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.5× the usual 761, with 0 article edits.

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Jul 26, 2026Documented record75% confidence

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Public attention spiked: 2,578 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.4× the usual 761, with 0 article edits.

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2024· 2 entries

Dec 12, 2024Documented record69% confidence

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Forbes: ‘Tetris’ Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Message From Alexey Pajitnov

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Nov 3, 2024Documented record69% confidence

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Variety: ‘Tetris’ Creator Alexey Pajitnov and Company Co-Founder Henk Rogers Celebrate Game’s 40th Anniversary at Lucca Comic and Games Convention

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2023· 5 entries

Apr 25, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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Digital Trends: Alexey Pajitnov still hasn’t mastered Tetris, the game he invented 35 years ago

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Apr 4, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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Yahoo: Tetris Creator Alexey Pajitnov Initially Received No Royalties for the Game

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Apr 2, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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collider: 'Tetris' Creator Alexey Pajitnov & Henk Rogers on What the Movie Gets Right

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Mar 30, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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Digital Spy: Tetris true story: Where are Henk Rogers and Alexey Pajitnov now?

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Mar 29, 2023Documented record69% confidence

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Newsweek: Tetris Creator Alexey Pajitnov Feels Russia Is Now ‘Hopeless’

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2022· 1 entry

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Pajitnov issued a statement condemning the war and stating that he was "sure that Putin and his hateful regime will fall down and the normal peaceful way of living will be restored in Ukraine and, hopefully, in Russia"

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2015· 1 entry

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Pajitnov won the Bizkaia Award at the Fun & Serious Game Festival

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2012· 1 entry

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IGN included Pajitnov on their list of 5 Memorable Video Game Industry One-Hit Wonders, calling him "the ultimate video game one-hit wonder

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2007· 1 entry

Nov 1, 2007Documented record69% confidence

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GameSpot: Q&A: Tetris creator Alexey Pajitnov

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1996· 2 entries

1996Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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GameSpot named him as the fourth most influential computer game developer of all time

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1996Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Pajitnov founded The Tetris Company alongside Dutch video game designer Henk Rogers

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1991· 2 entries

1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And in 1996 founded The Tetris Company with Henk Rogers, which, in combination with the rights reverting to him in 1995 or 1996, finally allowed him to collect royalties from his game

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1991Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Moved to the United States and later became a U

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1985· 1 entry

1985Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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While working at the Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre under the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (now the Russian Academy of Sciences)

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1979· 1 entry

1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Accepted a job there working on speech recognition at the academy's Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre

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1977· 1 entry

1977Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Pajitnov worked as a summer intern at the Soviet Academy of Sciences

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1967· 1 entry

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When he was 11 years old, Pajitnov's parents divorced

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1955· 2 entries

Apr 16, 1955Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1955-04-16.

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Apr 16, 1955Documented record66% confidence

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In Moscow, to Russian parents who were both writers

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