.ru

Summary

.ru is a country code top-level domain^[1]. .ru ranks in the top 6% of country_code_top_level_domain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• .ru is in the country of Russia^[3].
• .ru's image is recorded as Russia stamp 2019 № 2463.jpg^[4].
• .ru's instance of is recorded as country code top-level domain^[5].
• .ru's maintained by is recorded as Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ^[6].
• .ru's Commons category is recorded as .ru^[7].
• .ru's Commons category is recorded as .ру^[8].
• .ru's said to be the same as is recorded as .рф^[9].
• .ru's said to be the same as is recorded as .ру^[10].
• +1994-04-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of .ru^[11].
• .ru's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0475sp^[12].
• .ru's official website is recorded as https://cctld.ru^[13].
• .ru's different from is recorded as top-level domain^[14].
• .ru's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["TopLevelDomain", "RU"]^[15].
• .ru's IANA Root Zone Database ID is recorded as ru^[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for .ru include Runet^[17], a blend word^[18], in Russia^[19], founded in 1997^[20] and kremlin.ru^[21], a website^[22], in Russia^[23], founded in 2000^[24], headquartered in Moscow^[25].

Why It Matters

.ru ranks in the top 6% of country_code_top_level_domain entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (214 views/month).^[2] .ru has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] .ru is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]

Entities named for .ru include Runet^[17], a blend word^[18], in Russia^[19], founded in 1997^[20] and kremlin.ru^[21], a website^[22], in Russia^[23], founded in 2000^[24], headquartered in Moscow^[25].