social networking service from Russia
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VK is a social networking service from Russia where users can connect with friends, share content, and join communities, similar to Facebook. It matters because it's one of the largest social networks in Eastern Europe and Russia, making it an important platform for how people in that region communicate and share information online.
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VK (short for its original name VKontakte; Russian: ВКонтакте, lit. 'InContact') is a Russian online social media and social networking service based in Saint Petersburg. VK is available in multiple languages but it is predominantly used by Russian speakers. VK users can message each other publicly or privately, edit messages, create groups, public pages, and events; share and tag images, audio, and video; and play browser-based games.
As of August 2018, VK had at least 500 million accounts. As of November 2022, it was the sixth most popular website in Russia. The network was also popular in Ukraine until it was banned by the Verkhovna Rada in 2017.