Hello!!!

Today’s post will be devoted to the Cyrillic domain names in Ukraine. Some weeks ago during the Internet class I said that there were no Ukrainian Cyrillic domains. But I was mistaken!!! Recently I have found some information that surprised me and made me glad: Ukraine has its own Cyrillic URLs, indeed!!!

Since November 2010 it is possible to register Cyrillic web-addresses in the registration areas like .ua, .com.ua and .kiev.ua. In fact, these are half-Cyrillic domains, which contain both Ukrainian and Russian letters, for example продакшн.com.ua, чернигов.com.ua, фанат.com.ua. Nowadays, as statistics says, more than 20.000 Ukrainian Cyrillic URLs exist.

Moreover, last year ICANN allowed Ukraine to use national domain name .укр, but, unfortunately, its practical implementation is stopped at the moment. Experts say, next year it will be available for public use.