Editing Alexey Pajitnov (section)

==Early life==
Pajitnov was born to [[Russians|Russian]] parents who were both writers. His father was an art critic and his mother was a journalist who wrote for both newspapers and a film magazine. It was through his parents that Pajitnov gained exposure to the arts, eventually developing a passion for cinema. He accompanied his mother to many film screenings, including the Moscow Film Festival.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Sheff|first=David|title=Game Over: How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children|publisher=Random House|year=1993|isbn=9780679404699|edition=1st|location=New York}}</ref>{{Rp|296|quote=He had grown up in Moscow, where his father was an art and theater critic, and his mother wrote for newspapers and for a weekly cinema magazine.}}<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Goldberg|first=Harold|title=All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture|publisher=Three Rivers Press|year=2011|isbn=9780307463555|location=New York}}</ref>{{Rp|75|quote=His mother, a well-regarded journalist whose focus was movies, took the child to many of the screenings she attended and the yearly Moscow Film Festival, as well.}} Pajitnov was also mathematically inclined, enjoying puzzles and problem solving.

In 1967, when he was 11 years old, Pajitnov's parents divorced. For several years, he lived with his mother in a one-bedroom apartment owned by the state. The two were eventually able to move into a private apartment at 49 Gertsen Street, when Pajitnov was 17.<ref name=":1" />{{Rp|296|quote=He had grown up in Moscow, where his father was an art and theater critic, and his mother wrote for newspapers and for a weekly cinema magazine.}}<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Ackerman|first=Dan|title=The Tetris Effect: The Game that Hypnotized the World|publisher=PublicAffairs|year=2016|isbn=9781610396127|edition=1st|location=New York|chapter=Alexey Leonidovich Pajitnov}}</ref> He later went on to study [[applied mathematics]] at the [[Moscow Aviation Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=Alexey Pajitnov, Creator of Tetris|url=https://tetris.com/bios#alexey|access-date=August 5, 2018|website=tetris.com|publisher=tetris holding|quote="He received his Master's degree in Applied Mathematics from the Moscow Institute of Aviation"}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=History of Computers and Computing, Birth of the modern computer, Software history, Tetris of Alexey Pajitnov|url=https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/Tetris.html|access-date=March 10, 2019|website=history-computer.com}}</ref>