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Russian Wikipedia

Summary

Russian Wikipedia is a Wikipedia language edition[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of wikipedia_language_edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Russian Wikipedia received the Runet Prize[3].
  • Russian Wikipedia received the ROTOR[4].
  • Russian Wikipedia received the Runet Prize[5].
  • Russian Wikipedia received the ROTOR[6].
  • Russian Wikipedia received the Q4193540[7].
  • Russian Wikipedia received the Runet Prize[8].
  • Russian Wikipedia's instance of is recorded as Wikipedia language edition[9].
  • Russian Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[10].
  • Russian Wikipedia is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[11].
  • Russian Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported[12].
  • Russian Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as GNU Free Documentation License[13].
  • Russian Wikipedia's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International[14].
  • Russian Wikipedia's writing system is recorded as Cyrillic script[15].
  • Russian Wikipedia's Commons category is recorded as Russian Wikipedia[16].
  • Russian Wikipedia's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[17].
  • Russian Wikipedia's Wikimedia language code is recorded as ru[18].
  • Russian Wikipedia's review score is recorded as 3/5[19].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[20].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[21].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[22].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[23].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[24].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[25].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[26].
  • Russian Wikipedia comprises Wikipedia article page[27].

Body

Founding

May 17, 2001 marks the founding of Russian Wikipedia[28].

Identity

Russian Wikipedia's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Русская Википедия'}[29].

Operations

Russian Wikipedia is operated by Wikimedia Foundation[11].

Ownership

Russian Wikipedia is owned by Wikimedia Foundation[10]. Its product or material produced is recorded as online encyclopedia[30].

Recognition

Awards received include Runet Prize[3], an award[31], in Russia[32], founded in 2004[33]; ROTOR[4], a website[34], in Russia[35], founded in 1999[36]; and Q4193540[7], a website[37], in Russia[38].

Why It Matters

Russian Wikipedia ranks in the top 5% of wikipedia_language_edition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (701 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Russian Wikipedia receive?

Honors received include Runet Prize[3], ROTOR[4], Runet Prize[5], and ROTOR[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Tholzheim · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Q1788496
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1788496, adds FactGrid ID"
  2. 28d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product or material produced → online encyclopedia
    Language of work or name → Russian
    Product → —
    Award received → —
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||mnc, hu */ Cleanup: normalize text; replace property ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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