Currently, most people resort to the help of the Internet: they conduct social networks and search for information. But not everyone has an idea of what Runet is. This article provides an alternative history of Runet.
Meaning of the word
Runet is the Russian-speaking Internet. It is also some part of the global Internet, only in Russian. It is widely used in Ukraine, Russia, Antarctica, the CIS countries. Russian is one of the most commonly used languages on the Internet. The Russian-language Yandex system is in 4th place among commonly used Internet systems in countries such as Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Turkey.
In all CIS countries, the Internet is widely used and developed, except for Russia. In this country, Internet portals are not so widely used. There are about fifteen million Russian-language sites around the Internet; in 2009, Yandex confirmed these numbers.
History of Runet
Before the creation of the Russian-language Internet, mailing, journalism, telephones, radio stations, and television appeared. With the development of telephones and computers, it was necessary to use technical devices to translate basic information into radio waves and electric pulses - then Runet was created. Later, people learned that Runet is a convenient portal for finding the necessary information. In the 1950s, computer data was exchanged with the United States.
The creation of Runet began with the international political network Fido. This network was technically imperfect and required knowledge of information technology from users. Therefore, having come to Russia, fidonet introduced many technical terms with it. In the 2000s, the use of the network fell sharply due to the rapid spread of new Internet technologies. The Internet has quickly spread throughout the country and around the world. Later, people began not only to use information from the Internet, but also to communicate on social networks.
In 1996, they launched the Runet search engine and defined its first chats. At the peak of popularity at that time was the site "Crib". In this chat, young people corresponded, which, according to their interests, were divided into rooms: for music.ru music lovers, avto.ru car enthusiasts. In 1996, the Tomkad service was launched, which was the first in Russia to send free exchange rates and weather forecasts via e-mail. In parallel with the services, media projects were also developed. One of the first popular publications was the evening internet of Anton Nosik, launched on December 24. He was the first Russian-language blog.
In 1996, the first Russian Sputnik network was launched. This network was engaged in sales of impressions purchased from banners. Internet advertising has developed as fast as the Internet. A symbol.ru store was created, in the assortment of which there are paper and electronic books, music, video.
While the first Russian postal services were in development, the hot.mail service, which became the largest postal service, was launched for English-speaking users. In the same year, askdot.com was launched, which was a search engine.
The creators of Runet
Valery Bardin was one of the creators of the largest project. He was educated at the Moscow Engineering and Technology Institute, where he developed a unique project. It is known that Runet is a matter of his life; for this development he received many awards. In 1988, Bardin was awarded the honorary award "Unixization of the USSR."
Andrey Chernov also made a great contribution to the creation of Runet. Chernov took part in launching the RuNet and creating the first chats. He is a programmer by education. He also invented the encoding KOI8-R, thanks to which the alphabet in Russian was created, this encoding was used for a long time.
Interesting Facts
Users age starts from 15 years and older. Most of the audience is from 15 to 24 years old. It is known that in RuNet this is the maximum age of the most active users. In second place are people under 34 years old. The smallest percentage is people aged 45 years and older.
Every year, Runet users increase in their numbers by about 10-15%.
By the number of Internet users, Russia ranks 6th in the ranking among all countries of the world. The number is 57.6 million people.
As of August 2011, the number of days spent on the Internet per month was 19 days.
Most of the costs for online media advertising are in the automotive industry - this is 24%.
Runet in our time
The decoding on Wikipedia indicates that RuNet is a word made up of ru, which stands for the country code, and net is the global network. This network was intended mainly for Russian-speaking users. Runet also includes not only sites, but also mail, FTP services, local networks. In 2004, RuNet was 10 years old. The first Runet Prize award ceremony was held. Internet resources and servers in Russian can be located on any domain and in any country in the world.