Russia plans to launch its own version of Wikipedia in early 2023
In Russia, a domestic analogue of Wikipedia is being developed. The portal – called Znaniya (Knowledge) – is to be launched in H1 2023 – as noted by Russian Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media Maksut Shadayev, RIA Novosti reports.
As the head of the department explained, the Znaniya base already contains over a hundred thousand articles, and all materials have passed multi-stage verification.
“We will ask that the Russian resource be prioritised in the search results, so that it always comes before Wikipedia,” Maksut Shadayev explained.
So far, the Znaniya portal is working in test mode. On the main page of the site, sections of history, physics, geography, art and literature are placed in the main topics, a separate place is given to materials about Russian cities.
