CONTENTS INTRODUCTION / 5 FAMILY, CHILDHOOD, YOUTH / 8 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT THE SECOND SOFIA BOYS' HIGH SCHOOL / 60 NINTH UNIFIED SCHOOL "IVAN DENKOGLU" / 71 STUDENT AT THE STATE POLYTECHNIC / 76 BEGINNING ENGINEER / 115 RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES / 144 FRIENDS / 154 UNIVERSITY OF NATIONAL AND WORLD ECONOMICS / 164 POSTGRADUATE STUDENT IN THE USSR / 171 MY FIRST BUSINESS TRIP TO THE WEST / 175 THE CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGIES / 185 ELECTRONIC AUTOMATIC CENTRALS / 214 NETWORKS IN THE AUTOMATION OF INSTITUTIONAL ACTIVITIES / 220 THE FIRST PERSONAL COMPUTERS / 228 THE INSTITUTE OF MICROPROCESSOR TECHNOLOGY / 233 INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS / 253 THE COORDINATION CENTER FOR INFORMATICS AND COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY / 260 THE BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AFTER THE CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN BULGARIA / 269 TRAVELS ABROAD / 296 Canada / 296 Malaysia / 301 MEETING WITH HIS EXCELLENCY SIMEON II / 307 THE HIGHER ATTESTATION COMMISSION / 311 JOHN ATANASOV / 323 THE INSTITUTE FOR PARALLEL INFORMATION PROCESSING / 331 AFTERWORD / 346 LITERATURE / 350 SUMMARY IN ENGLISH / 351 APPENDICES / 355