.su Lives On, Stronger Than Ever

CWRUisTakingMyMoney writes "Yahoo! Finance has a story about the defunct Soviet Union's .su TLD. 'Sixteen years after the superpower's collapse, Web sites ending in the Soviet ".su" domain name have been rising — registrations increased 45 percent this year alone. Bloggers, entrepreneurs and die-hard communists are all part of a small but growing online community resisting repeated efforts to extinguish the online Soviet outpost.'"

Comments

Where to register a .su?

[neokushan]

I've actually wanted to own a .su domain for quite some time, but I can't seem to find a registrar that'll do them to someone outside of russia for a REASONABLE sum. A lot of the ones that do seem to offer them want 3-figure amounts for some reason.

Does anyone actually know of a decent registrar that's not stupidly expensive for .su domains?

Re:Where to register a .su?

[iamacat]

Why are you equating the break up of Soviet Union with downfall of communism? Those are orthogonal events and separation of various republics was motivated much more by racism and religious intolerance rather desire for capitalism or democracy. The break up resulted in many (all?) republics falling under control of local warlords and conditions more conductive to reemergence of communism than successful market economy. In Russia proper, the discontent over dissolution of the union resulted in the election of a dictator who is undermining much of the progress that Gorbachev set into motion.

Registering an .su domain can be expression of a desire for a country with stable market economy, working democracy and rule of law and order rather than a bunch of mafia men.

History repeats itself

[Max_W]

In the FSU the mood is growing to recreate the USSR in one for or another.

In 1918 the USSR was the size of Belgium, including only the Moscow and St. Petersburg area. The whole Siberia and Far East of Russia were occupied by the USA, Canada and Japan. South, Ukraine, was hold by France, etc. Still somehow they manged to fight out these powers and unite the country.

In 1941 Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Finland occupied the whole European part of the USSR. Chances of the USSR were pitiful. The victory was all but celebrated. Still we know the outcome.

The "Great Victory Victory in the Cold War" is from the same league. The territory of the "defeated" Russia is 4.5 times larger than the territory of the whole European Union. Russia holds the world stock of natural gas and oil, and other key resources.

The price of these resources has grown 10 times since 2001. The West is sucked in into the was which cannot be won. As result the West is approaching to the economical crisis and social unrest of an unprecedented magnitude.

Do not celebrate too early. .su still may hit the mainstream.

Re:History repeats itself

[zenkonami]

In 1918 the USSR was the size of Belgium, including only the Moscow and St. Petersburg area. The whole Siberia and Far East of Russia were occupied by the USA, Canada and Japan. South, Ukraine, was hold by France, etc. Still somehow they manged to fight out these powers and unite the country. Perhaps (being an American) I'm guilty of ignorance here, but could you point me to some historical sources indicating that the USSR was the size of Belgium in 1918? I'm more curious than anything...I presume that was the division of the country most strongly held by the Bolsheviks? Also, I've never heard of U.S. / Canadian occupation of Siberia and the far east (I presume you're refering to present day Alaska - also, I know Japan and Russia had some longstanding territorial disputes and conflicts in that region.) I'm not challenging your statement (unless it's incorrect)...I simply don't know much about that region of the world during that time period.