{{Short description|UkrainianRussian Project Managerprogrammer and creator of 7-Zip}}
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'''Igor Pavlov''' ({{lang-ukru|ІгорИгорь Павлов, Igor' Pavlov}}) is ana [[UkraineRussians|UkrainianRussian]]<ref>[https://wwwprimo.linkedinnlr.com/inru/igorprimo-pavlov-7020284aexplore/fulldisplay?originalSubdomainvid=07NLR_VU1&docid=ua07NLR_LMS000362707 Igor Pavlov's dissertation] is fromat [[DniproUfa NationalState Aviation Technical University]], Radio-Physical Faculty</ref> [[freelance]] [[programmer]], the creator, and the maintainer of the file archiver [[7-Zip]]. He is also the creator of the [[7z]] [[archive format]],<ref name="A Few Questions for Igor Pavlov ">{{cite web |url=http://www.ddj.com/architect/184405338 |title=A Few Questions for Igor Pavlov |date=2003-04-30 |publisher=[[Dr. Dobb's]] Data Compression Newsletter |accessdate=2009-12-26}}</ref><ref>[http://sourceforge.net/users/ipavlov/ Igor Pavlov's profile on Sourceforge].</ref> and a few experimental programs including 7-max, 7-benchmark, UFA, 777, and BIX.