| − | '''''Tetris''''' ([[ESRB]] rating: E) is a puzzle [[video game]] available on a wide range of platforms. It was created in 1985 by [[Russia]]n programmer Alexey Pajitnov while working at the Computer Center of the Russian (then Soviet) Academy of Sciences.<ref name="Gerasimov">http://vadim.oversigma.com/Tetris.htm</ref> He was assisted by fellow programmer Dmitry Pavlovsky and high school student Vadim Gerasimov.<ref name="Gerasimov" /> | + | '''''Tetris''''' ([[Cyrillic|Russian Cyrillic]]: ''Тетрис'') is a puzzle [[video game]] available on a wide range of platforms. It was created in 1985 by [[Russia]]n programmer Alexey Pajitnov while working at the Computer Center of the Russian (then Soviet) Academy of Sciences.<ref name="Gerasimov">http://vadim.oversigma.com/Tetris.htm</ref> He was assisted by fellow programmer Dmitry Pavlovsky and high school student Vadim Gerasimov.<ref name="Gerasimov" /> |
| − | The Russian [[folk music|folk song]] "Korobeiniki" (''Коробе́йники'', "the peddlers") was used as the default background music for early ''Tetris'' games, and is associated with the franchise to such a degree that, outside of Russia, it is often simply referred to as the "Tetris Theme". Other songs that have been used in the game include Ivan Larionov's "Kalinka", [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", and a movement from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s French Suite No. 3. | + | The Russian [[folk music|folk song]] "Korobeiniki" ("Коробе́йники", "the peddlers") was used as the default background music for early ''Tetris'' games, and is associated with the franchise to such a degree that, outside of Russia, it is often simply referred to as the "Tetris Theme". Other songs that have been used in the game include Ivan Larionov's "Kalinka", [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", and a movement from [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s French Suite No. 3. |