Runet

For other uses, see Runet (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Internet in Russia.
Russophones worldwide, who generally use the Internet in Russian language

The Russian Internet (Russian: русский Интернет) or Runet (Russian: Рунет), is the part of the Internet that uses the Russian language, including the Russian-language community on the Internet and websites. Geographically, it reaches all continents, including Antarctica (Russian scientists on Bellingshausen Station[1]), but mostly it is based in Russia.

The term Runet is a portmanteau of ru (code for both the Russian language and Russia's top-level domain) and net/network. The term was coined in 1997 by Israel-resident, Azerbaijani[2] blogger Raffi Aslanbekov (Russian: Раффи Асланбеков[3]), known as "Great Uncle" in Russia, on his Russian-language column Great Uncle's Thoughts.[4][5] The term was popularized by early Internet users and was included in several dictionaries, including the spelling dictionary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, edited by V. V. Lopatin, as soon as in 2001.

  1. ^ LiveJournal: Discover global communities of friends who share your unique passions and interests Archived 14 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Livejournal.ru.
  2. ^ Лихачёв, Никита (7 April 2015). "21-летие рунета — Офтоп на TJ". TJ. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. ^ "ФРИ: Раффи Асланбеков". ezhe.ru. Archived from the original on 2019-03-31. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  4. ^ Что Великий Дядя думал 11-го июня 1997 года (the first known usage of the word Runet)
  5. ^ "Выпуск 128 - архивный выпуск программы "Рунет сегодня" с Максимом Спиридоновым. Радио Финам ФМ". Archived from the original on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2014-11-27.