Yandex
Russian technology company
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On 2026-07-06, “Yandex” appeared among Wikipedia’s trending articles, attracting approximately 189,741 views.
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Key Takeaways
- Yandex Search is the largest search engine in Russia with an estimated 72% market share in Russia and a 2.
- Yandex Taxi is the largest ridesharing company in Russia.
- Due to its significant media activities in Russia, the company has long faced pressure for control by the government of Russia.
- History 1990s In 1990, Arkady Volozh contacted Ilya Segalovich (1964–2013), a friend of his from high school, to join his venture developing algorithms to search Russian texts.
- In 1993, they invented the name "Yandex" as an easy way to remember "Yet Another iNDEXer".
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WikipediaYandex LLC (Russian: Яндекс, romanized: Yandeks, IPA: [ˈjandəks] ) is a Russian technology company that provides Internet-related products and services including a web browser, search engine, cloud computing, web mapping, online food ordering, streaming media, online shopping, and a ridesharing company.
Yandex Search is the largest search engine in Russia with an estimated 72% market share in Russia and a 2.8% market share worldwide. Yandex Taxi is the largest ridesharing company in Russia.
Yandex was founded by Arkady Volozh and launched its first product, a search engine, in 1997. Due to its significant media activities in Russia, the company has long faced pressure for control by the government of Russia. In July 2024, in a transaction brought about by international sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and restrictions on foreign ownership, Nebius Group, the Dutch holding company that owned Yandex, sold its Russian assets to a group of Russian investors for a discounted price of US$5.3 billion.
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