Strategic Paradigms of Programming, Which Was Initiated and Supported by Academician Andrey Petrovich Ershov

The report is devoted to the description of the inconspicuous line of scientific activity of the USSR programming leader A.P. Ershov in the field of manifestation and development of programming paradigms. In science, leadership means the ability to recognize new problems and expand the space for practical solutions. A.P. Ershov was able to see unexpected key programming problems as a new area of research and purposefully expand the space for solving such problems. (Quotes from previously published materials are provided for readability.)