''Name of Russia'' (russian: Имя Россия, en, "The Name of Russia") was a series produced by the
Russia-1
Russia-1 (russian: Россия-1) is a state-owned Russian television channel, first aired on 14 February 1956 as Programme Two in the Soviet Union. It was relaunched as RTR on 13 May 1991, and is known today as Russia-1. It is the flagship ch ...
television channel that aimed to determine the most notable figure in
Russian history
The history of Russia begins with the histories of the East Slavs. The traditional start-date of specifically Russian history is the establishment of the Rus' state in the north in 862, ruled by Varangians. Staraya Ladoga and Novgorod became ...
through polling promoted via the Internet, Radio, and Television. Various professors, artists, and politicians would present information on the historical figure they were 'promoting', and people could then vote online for their chosen figure.
From the outset, the project received heavy criticism for many reasons. The information pages on the project website that linked to every personality (named dossier pages by project creators) were inaccurately named and filled with trivial and inconsistent details. Internet news agency
Lenta.ru
''Lenta.ru'' (russian: Лента.Ру; stylised as LƐNTA.RU) is a Russian-language online newspaper. Based in Moscow, it is owned by Rambler Media Group. In 2013, the Alexander Mamut-owned companies "SUP Media" and "Rambler-Afisha" merged to ...
highlighted this and explained how ridiculous some of the mistakes were. Since
brigading was allowed and no precautions against
botting were taken, the voting was wildly inaccurate, with some candidates rising from the bottom of the list to the top in a matter of hours. On 14 August, new voting rules were introduced that included the use of
challenge–response authentication
In computer security, challenge–response authentication is a family of protocols in which one party presents a question ("challenge") and another party must provide a valid answer ("response") to be authenticated.
The simplest example of a ch ...
in the form of a multiple-choice question. According to the project's management, this new measure was aimed to curb the 'war of machines' or computer-generated voting.
Candidates and results
The twelve candidates for greatest Russian were:
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See also
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Greatest Britons spin-offs
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References
External links
Official site of 'Name of Russia' project
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'Names of Russia' alternative project*
'Unnamed Russia' projectGreatest Russian? Czar Nicholas leads vote
{{Countries' greatest people TV series
Greatest Nationals
Russia-1 original programming
Lists of Russian people
Russian television shows
2000s Russian television series
2008 Russian television series debuts
2008 Russian television series endings
Russian television series based on British television series