Яндекс

Яндекс, also known as Yandex is a Russian multinational technology companyhttps://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/2696104Z:RU providing Internet-related products and services, including an Internet search engine called Yandex Search, launched in 1997, information services, e-commerce, transportation, maps and navigation, mobile applications, and online advertising.https://web.archive.org/web/20210126144942/https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/04/25/1486930/0/en/Yandex-Announces-First-Quarter-2018-Financial-Results.htmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210131170432/https://yandex.ru/all
==History==
===1990s===
In 1993, Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich, friends since school, developed search softwarehttps://web.archive.org/web/20181125082112/https://www.thomaswhite.com/global-perspectives/arkady-volozh-principal-founder-and-ceo-yandex/ and named their search technologies "Yandex". The name was initially "Yet Another iNDEXer"https://web.archive.org/web/20210110145647/https://yandex.com/company/history/1990 and was a bilingual pun on "index" and the yin and yang contrast in Russian. The name was a significant innovation in search technology.
On September 23, 1997, Yandex.ru, a search engine initially developed by Comptek, was launched at the Softool exhibition in Moscow.https://web.archive.org/web/20210109230108/https://yandex.com/company/blog/yandex-turns-20/
===2000s===
In 2000, Arkady Volozh established Yandex as a standalone company in Cyprus.https://web.archive.org/web/20210110145647/https://yandex.com/company/history/1990
Yandex opened an office in Ukraine in 2005,https://web.archive.org/web/20180218091207/https://ir.yandex/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=336868 launched www.yandex.ua,https://web.archive.org/web/20210110011635/https://yandex.com/company/press_center/press_releases/2005/2005-09-20/ introduced a customized search engine for Ukrainian users in 2007, and opened a development center in Kyiv in May 2007.https://web.archive.org/web/20200618054305/https://yandex.com/company/press_center/press_releases/2007/2007-10-02/
Yandex made its first acquisition of Russian social networking service moikrug.ru in March 2007.https://web.archive.org/web/20200809062612/https://yandex.com/company/press_center/press_releases/2007/2007-03-27
==Channel==
On September 20, 2010, Яндекс (Yandex) created their YouTube channel. The first video was uploaded on the same day, titled "Яндекс.Украина - 5 лет" (translation: Yandex.Ukraine - 5 years).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtPBx_Q7PKw
Яндекс usually uploads videos about their company.
==Security==
On June 1, 2017, Yandex closed its Kyiv and Odesa offices in Ukraine following a raid by the Security Service, accusing the company of illegally collecting Ukrainian users' data and sending it to Russian security agencies.https://web.archive.org/web/20190421035057/https://www.reuters.com/article/russia-yandex-ukraine/update-1-russias-yandex-to-close-offices-in-ukraines-odessa-and-kiev-idUSL8N1IY5W8
==News and Media==
In April 2014, a film called Startup was released, detailing the history of Yandex.https://web.archive.org/web/20200812185807/https://www.rbth.com/arts/2014/04/03/telling_the_yandex_story_startup_gets_off_the_ground_35637.html
On 20 April 2020, Yandex launched its home coronavirus testing service for Moscow residents free of charge due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia, with plans to expand to other regions in the future.https://web.archive.org/web/20210109233608/https://yandex.ru/company/press_releases/2020/2020-04-20
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2010
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