Russia is planning to launch a Russian alternative to Wikipedia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Russian Language Council on November 5 that unlike Wikipedia, a digital version of the Great Russian Encyclopedia could become a source of reliable information.
Russian alternative to Wikipedia
An online project that is being created based on the Great Russian Encyclopedia will be fully launched by the summer of 2022, Executive Editor of the Great Russian Encyclopedia and scholarly publisher Sergei Kravets said in an interview with TASS.
"The project, which began in July, is anticipated to take 33 months. It will be completed by the spring or summer of 2022," he specified.
According to Kravets, the online encyclopedia does not have a name yet, but its creators would like its name to refer to the Great Russian Encyclopedia.
When choosing name options, the creators looked into th...