Ukrainian " This is a new April record, according to the blog of the online encyclopedia.

It is noted that this result is 18% higher than the result of the previous year.. For the first time in April, the Ukrainian Wikipedia reached 100 million views two years ago, in the first year of the covid epidemic.

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Attendance of the Russian version for the year decreased from 125 million in April 2021 to 120 million in April 2022. The share of views of the Russian-language version of the encyclopedia from the territory of Ukraine decreased by 1.2% to 52.2% over the year, the share of the Ukrainian version increased by 2.3% to 37%.

In April 2021, the Russian Wikipedia was watched in Ukraine 1.54 times more often than Ukrainian, and in April 2022 only 1.41 times more often. It should be noted that six years ago, in April 2016, the Russian version of the encyclopedia was viewed 2.67 times more often than the Ukrainian one..

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he wants to create a Russian analogue of Wikipedia.. Putin is not satisfied with the "

Two lawsuits were filed against Wikipedia in Russia at once. Roskomnadzor was the first to demand the removal of information from the articles “Battle for Kyiv (2022)”, “War crimes during the Russian invasion of Ukraine”, “Shelling of a hospital in Mariupol”, “Destruction of the Mariupol theater (2022)” and “Massacre in Bucha”.

The second lawsuit demanded that the company be fined for refusing to remove the article "

The total amount of the fine imposed on Wikipedia amounted to five million rubles (about two million hryvnias).