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The Russian Wikipedia (Russian: Википедия) is the Russian language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. On August 16, 2006, it reached the 100,000 article mark. On November 29, 2006, it was awarded the prestigious Russian state "Runet Prize" (Премия Рунета) in the category "science and education". [1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Russian ( , transliteration: russkiy yazyk, ) is the most widely spoken language of Eurasia and the most widespread of the Slavic languages. ... Wikipedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon, 1902 An encylopedia, encyclopaedia or (traditionally) encyclopædia,[1] is a comprehensive written compendium that contains information on all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge. ... For other uses, see Russia (disambiguation). ... The Runet Prize (Russian: ) is a national award of the Russian Federation. ...

History

The Russian Wikipedia was created May 20, 2001 in the first wave of non-English Wikipedias, along with editions in Chinese, Dutch, German, Esperanto, French, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Swedish. For a long time, development was slow. May 20 is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

• On November 7, 2002, the first main page was created [2]
• On December 30, 2004, the 10,000th article was created.
• On December 23, 2005, the 50,000th article was created.
• On August 16, 2006, the 100,000th article was created.
• On November 29, 2006, Russian Wikipedia received National Runet Award on Educational section.
• On March 10, 2007, the 150,000th article was created.

November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 23 is the 357th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (358th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

See also

• WikiZnanie - a rival free encyclopedia based on several public domain works

WikiZnanie (Russian: ) is a Russian language WikiWiki encyclopedia released under the BSL DPL license. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

External links

• Russian Wikipedia
• The embassy of the Russian-language Wikipedia