Kinopoisk
{{Short description|Russian film-related online database}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Kinopoisk
| logo = Kinopoisk colored logo (2021-present).svg
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| url = {{URL|kinopoisk.ru}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = Specialty service
| registration = Optional, but registration allows a user to use much more functions
| language = Russian
|location = Moscow
| owner = Yandex
| author = Vitaly Tatsiy
Dmitry Sukhanov
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2003|11|07|df=yes}}{{cite interview |last=Tatsiy |first=Vitaly |url=http://cinema.bal-con.ru/kinopoisk_ru/ |title=KinoPoisk.ru: доставляем удовольствие киноманам |website=cinema.bal-con.ru |date=9 October 2007 |access-date=2019-07-05 |language=ru}}
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Kinopoisk ({{langx|ru|Кинопоиск}}, a portmanteau of "cinema" and "search") is a Russian online database of information related to films, TV shows including cast, production team, biographies, plot summaries, ratings, and reviews. Since 2018 (as КиноПоиск HD) also a subscription video on demand streaming service with several thousand films, TV series, cartoons and including premieres and exclusive ones, has also been available.{{cite web |url=https://hitech.vesti.ru/article/847166/ |title=У "КиноПоиска" появился платный онлайн-кинотеатр |publisher=hitech.vesti.ru |lang=ru |access-date=2019-02-25}}
History
In 2013, Kinopoisk was purchased by Yandex, one of Russia's largest IT companies.{{cite news |last=Holdsworth |first=Nick |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/russian-internet-giant-yandex-acquires-648385 |title=Russian Internet Giant Yandex Acquires Top Movie Site KinoPoisk |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=15 October 2013 |access-date=2019-07-05}} In 2015, KinoPoisk underwent a total redesign.{{cite web |last=Mira |first=Vlad |url=https://medium.com/@mirvla/how-yandex-kills-their-child-s-1baa3f54f08c |title=How Yandex kills {{sic|thi|er|nolink=y}} child's |website=Medium |date=26 October 2015 |access-date=2019-07-05}} However, the new design was met with strong criticism by both users and the media for its inferior functionality and slower loading time. Within four days Yandex reverted the site to its former design. After that, new design features were introduced gradually.
By 2020s, Kinopoisk became Russia's major streaming service and started producing its own films and TV series, most notably Aeterna,{{Cite web|lang=ru|url=https://www.intermedia.ru/news/364555|title=Юрий Чурсин и Анар Халилов выходят на схватку с судьбой в трейлере «Этерны» (Видео)|website=intermedia.ru|date=2021-11-22|access-date=2021-11-29|archive-date=2021-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129201501/https://www.intermedia.ru/news/364555}}[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/media/article/4005391/ 10 главных вопросов про «Этерну». Это наше великое фэнтези] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123112641/https://www.kinopoisk.ru/media/article/4005391/}} The Last Minister,{{cite web |url=https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/16034670901/ |title=Стартовали съемки 2-го сезона сериала «Последний министр» с Яном Цапником |date=2020-10-23 |publisher=Вокруг.тв |accessdate=2022-11-22 |archive-date=2022-11-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123180735/https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/16034670901/}} Grom: Boyhood,{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/kultura/16037431|title=Премьера фильма "Гром: трудное детство" состоится на Кинопоиске 1 января|publisher= ТАСС |date=2022-10-13|accessdate=2022-12-21|archive-date=2022-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028162644/https://tass.ru/kultura/16037431}} Others[https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/16948480581/ Кинопоиск представил новинки сезона: новая «Этерна», «Майор Гром: Игра», «Преступление и наказание» в современном прочтении] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226181706/https://www.vokrug.tv/article/show/16948480581/}} and Korol i Shut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mk.ru/culture/2023/03/02/serial-v-formate-pankskazki-pro-gruppu-korol-i-shut-vyshel-v-seti.html|title=Сериал в формате панк-сказки про группу «Король и Шут» вышел в Сети|author=Александр Шляпников|date=2023-03-02|publisher=Московский комсомолец|access-date=2023-03-02|archive-date=2023-03-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230302102603/https://www.mk.ru/culture/2023/03/02/serial-v-formate-pankskazki-pro-gruppu-korol-i-shut-vyshel-v-seti.html}}
Features
Kinopoisk is one of the most popular movie portals of the Runet.{{cite web |url=http://top100.rambler.ru/navi/?theme=245/276 |title=Movie websites rating |publisher=Rambler's Top100 |language=ru}}{{cite web |url=http://top.mail.ru/Rating/Culture-Cinema/Today/Hosts/1.html#1 |title=Movie websites rating |publisher=Rating@Mail.Ru |language=ru}} The website has 93 million visits per month. Among the sites dedicated to films, it occupies the 3rd place in the world in terms of traffic, giving way to the IMDb portal and the Chinese Douban.[https://www.similarweb.com/website/kinopoisk.ru Analytics Stats kinopoisk.ru]
Like IMDB, the site has a list of the top 250 films based on user ratings. {{Asof|June 2023}}, the first places among feature films were occupied by The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption and Forrest Gump.{{cite web |title=Yandex |url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/showcaptcha?cc=1&mt=260140E78B41FEC34E65D0A84F6670820FF2B25238FB546C4E9B832809382329611A7BE707CB1A76D5561EA553E981B381D32970D7FDFCA39EBCB690A795C361E693A31B829D6C6B26EF3787EFBD1873538AB405E6ABBEAD2D0506C3B39CCBFEE91E8B4BA0A0C2FC55BFBA6C535F290BF7677BE42C6736EC1F992B21&retpath=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua2lub3BvaXNrLnJ1L2xpc3RzL21vdmllcy90b3AyNTA_cGFnZT0x_1d495a8bc91e813701bd50f2adc7d3f0&t=2/1699032560/e5e16e18e045c410f3cb9e971de7dc3e&u=7b362890-93f001d8-70a43d32-9c22b3e3&s=6a2213d78b399668d2aa92a921bcf0c0 |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=kinopoisk.ru}}
References
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External links
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Category:2003 establishments in Russia
Category:Internet properties established in 2003
Category:Online film databases
Category:Russian film websites
Category:Video on demand services
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