As is known, the use social network VKontakte, like many other Russian resources, is officially prohibited in Ukraine. Some people bypass the bans using VPN, while others are looking for an alternative to the largest social network in the CIS. After the blocking, the number of users of Ukrainian social networks increased sharply and they came out of the shadows. Today we will look at what is currently available for use and what functionality the presented services have. So, let's go.

ukropen.net

Quite a powerful social network, you can communicate, listen to music, watch videos, applications are available - in general, the functionality is rich and is not inferior to VKontakte and Odnoklassniki. Good alternative blocked giants.
Unlike Vkontakte, . A unique feature is the constantly updated broadcast of news and events. In general, the social network is completely suitable for communication and leisure activities.

ts.ukr

A completely Ukrainian social network, as evidenced by the domain in the national zone of Ukraine. Main feature is the transfer of all data from Vkontakte. The design is very similar to VKontakte, so it won’t be difficult to get used to. Screenshots of the social network are available on the main page; you can see what awaits you without registration.

This network has extensive functionality and is a worthy analogue to blocked resources.

ukrface.com.ua

It’s also a decent social network that looks like old version In contact with. Music, videos, news, messages, games and applications - in short, everything you need is there. In principle, it is similar to the previous two options and there is nothing new to add to its functionality.

vreale.net

Quite a unique social network that surprises you right away. Home page displays the number of registered users in each region of the country - a very interesting feature that attracts attention at first sight.
When registering, a phone number is required, but SMS does not arrive on the phone, so it is not clear why it should be made mandatory? The appearance is again a parody on VKontakte. There is minimal functionality, you can use it.

ukrainians.co

This social network is positioned as a national one and strives to take a leading position in the niche of Ukrainian social networks. To date, 176 thousand people have already registered, but the site is still in beta testing and nothing is available after registration.

Let's see what the developers will surprise us with, the intrigue has already been created, as the number of registered users is noticeably increasing. Judging by its appearance, everything that was on VKontakte will be available, you just need to wait a little.

konnekt.com.ua

The social network is also under development, appearance- copy new version VKontakte, only it says Connect at the top. Registration is available both via email and via Facebook, VKontakte or Odnoklassniki.
After registration, you are subscribed to 4 communities by default. In general, everything is reminiscent of VKontakte - it’s a very convenient network to use.

Of course, the list is incomplete, I just highlighted for you only 7 services, in fact there are more. But so far, none of those listed or not listed is a leader in the segment of Ukrainian social networks, and it’s up to you to decide what to use. I registered in all social networks through a temporary email with random data. Everywhere you can chat, add friends, listen to music and watch videos. Of course, there is very little data and users in them compared to VKontakte, but it’s a matter of time.

History of the development of the Ukrainians social network

Immediately, when the popular social networks Odnoklassniki and VKontakte were blocked on the territory of Ukraine, the first ideas for forming their own Ukrainian national social network appeared.

The project was created by a resident of Ternopil - Alexandra Strumchinskaya. And at the end of the summer of 2016, the Canadian IT company StartupSoft was founded. It was created by the talented brothers Andrey and Alexey Vasilik from Toronto, who received higher education at York University. According to official data, the company carries out the financial implementation of the idea on its own, while the company does not advertise the specific source of funds.

In parallel with this, it is not entirely clear why the developers chose the Colombian domain for the site - “.co”, while the site itself is hosted in Denver, in the USA. According to Alexandra Strumchinskaya, “the target audience of the new social network is Ukrainians, who are fluent in the official Ukrainian language, because all the functionality of the site will be developed only in the Ukrainian-language version,” at the same time, she claims that the official name of the social network Ukrainians “will definitely still be change” after the site has turned into a popular and high-quality local product. The creator of the project also said that the peculiarity of the network lies in the likelihood of monetization of the account by each user.

Earlier, on May 18 of this year, 2017, the press had already published information stating that StartupSoft, a company consisting of 30 Canadian programmer specialists, as well as Alexandra Strumchinskaya, a Ukrainian by nationality, had already begun the creation of a brand new Ukrainian social network, Ukrainians. Whereas at the address of the future website ukrainians.co one could see Announcement“In the event that the number of subscribers exceeds 50 thousand by June 1, 2017, plus StartupSoft is ready to devote all its efforts to developing the site for 4 months,” and a request was also published to leave your email for further subscription. Within the first three days, 50,000 emails were signed up. Already on May 23, 2017, the developers removed the counter from the site; as of this date, the number of subscribers reached more than 67,000. After this, official registration was launched through the social networks VKontakte, Facebook, or by confirming a personal profile using email.

The new social network is currently operating in temporary beta testing mode. Probably, the new service will begin to operate at full capacity in 4 months, while the “News” and “Friends” services will be available only after the number of registered users of the site exceeds 100,000 people. Now the functionality of the Ukrainian site is presented in limited mode, on current time Only registration is available, as well as changing the account profile photo.

Expert opinion on the project

Russian experts expressed their concerns about the possible failure of the project. Since the social network is based on an ideological national idea and affiliation, and this is not typical for popular social networks, in addition, significant financial investments are required for the development of a new site.

Panic is growing among users of the VKontakte and Odnoklassniki networks after the introduction of presidential sanctions on these and other resources.

Google+

Google has created applications for everything possible. The developers did not leave social networks unattended. In general terms, Google+ is a kind of club of interests with a simple interface, different from Vkontakte, but nostalgically reminiscent of Odnoklassniki in its color scheme.

True, there are not so many classmates here yet, since this resource is not popular among Ukrainians, especially the older generation.

pros: easy navigation. Convenient placement of news on the topic and the availability of all related Google applications at hand.

Minuses: You can’t listen to music here, and to watch videos you’ll have to go to YouTube.

Who is it suitable for?: For those who have Mailbox on Google. And for those who use social networks mainly to watch news.

MySpace

A very high-quality social network where you will hardly find your friends. This is because it is popular among Americans. But the interface, which at first seems terribly inconvenient, makes you fall in love with the sudden pop-up windows with videos or other MySpase gadgets.

pros: You can register through your Facebook or Twitter accounts, you can create your own blog, which can be read by Johnny Depp or Bob Dylan. This is because most of the world's stars use MySpase.

Who is it suitable for?: For those who know English, who are interested in art, music and literature. Who can create their own product and share it with the audience.

Instagram

Girls love this American resource very much, because you can post a complete photo report of your day, and it will collect thousands of likes. If, of course, there will be legs, breasts, food and cats. Instagram is very easy to use and does not require registration from scratch. It can be linked to existing accounts.

pros: simple interface and cats. Also, with the help of Instagram, you can easily figure out that your colleague in the office was not at home with a sore throat, but took sick leave and flew to Egypt.

Minuses: the same cats. Kilotons of hashtags with cats. You may also be caught traveling to Spain for the May holidays, although you told everyone the legend about working in the beds at your grandmother’s dacha. You can't even listen to music.

Who is it suitable for?: For those who love photos of cats, feet and food. And for those for whom it is important to share photos and video files with friends.

UKRFACE

When you go to Ukrface, you involuntarily think that you have traveled back in time with a time machine and are standing at the origins of VKontakte, when among your friends only a select few have accounts on this social network. Durov and Zuckerberg permeate every button on the site.

pros: everything is familiar and familiar, like VKontakte and does not require additional effort and time to master.

Minuses: empty. At least for now.

Who is it suitable for?: For those who are nostalgic for the familiar VKontakte interface.

UkrOpen

The UkrOpen interface is unique because it was developed from scratch. But, in addition, the buttons and functions of the site are similar to Facebook and Vkontakte. Odnoklassniki users will cry when they see the guest viewing function.

pros: buttons, like in Odnoklassniki. The functions are simple and clear, everything has its own icons.

Minuses: empty again. And the pain is not even in people. The pain is in the emptiness of music and video. The social network's database is quite crude.

Who is it suitable for?: For those who are not averse to supporting a domestic manufacturer who tried to create our analogue of VKontakte and Odnoklassniki, without copying them completely.

Ts.ukr

A Ukrainian network that tried to copy VKontakte and add a little Zuckerberg there. After a day of stay, I was left with ambivalent feelings: everything seemed familiar and familiar, my favorite music was nearby, and the photos accumulated on VK over the years were transferred in one click. But it's a bit empty here for now. Perhaps it's a matter of time.

pros: everything acquired through back-breaking labor on VKontakte is transferred here in one click. And now everything is legal.

Minuses: music should be uploaded to the site yourself, rather than lazily searching for it from the database. And the magic of transferring information from VKontakte to Ts.ukr ends only with the title photo and personal data.

Who is it suitable for?: For those who don’t want to deal with the new interface, but simply upload photos, videos and music the old fashioned way to a page similar to VK and renew contacts with old friends.

Due to the blocking of VKontakte and Odnoklassniki in the country, users are looking for an alternative place to communicate. Facebook should obviously be that place. But there are also those who believe in the creation of a national Ukrainian social network. Many just became more active after the latest decree of the country's president.

The social network “Ukrainians” has existed since 2009. The creators of the service consider their goal to provide an opportunity to communicate with each other, as well as “to unite the nation and raise the national spirit.” When registering, the social network, in addition to basic information, asks the user to answer the question why he considers himself Ukrainian. There are six sections in total on the site: “News”, “Groups”, “Albums”, “Polls”, “Ukrainians” (search by people) and “Games”.

Yachudo

The social network’s website states that Yachudo “provides unique opportunities to communicate and personalize your digital space.” It is unknown when the service fully launched, but judging by the blog, beta testing began in 2010. The user's main screen displays news, user statuses, ratings of other posts, and replies and mentions. The social network also has traditional sections: “Photos”, “Dialogues” and “Contacts”.

FamalyUa

According to the creators of the service, within the framework of FamalyUA they want to form a unique Ukrainian social network that will absorb the best of its analogues. The main information is displayed in the center of the social network screen. On the left is a navigation panel (as in VKontakte), and on the right are current topics (as in Twitter). The sections here are ordinary: “News”, “Friends”, “Messages”, “Groups” and others. There is even downloaded music, although you can’t listen to it.

SICH.UKR

“SICH.UKR” is a social network “for Ukrainians around the world.” The main screen displays people's activity - you can track the news of all registered users, or just your friends. On “SICH.UKR” you can create an entry in two ways - in the “Blogs” section, where there are no restrictions, and in the “Microblogs” tab with a limit of 140 characters. Other functions include viewing user photos, group news and participating in discussions.

On the Maidan

The social network “NaMaidani” was created in 2014. The service has all the traditional sections: news feed, messages, groups, photos and videos. It is noteworthy that the site is (partially) translated into five languages: English, Russian, German, Spanish and Turkish. In addition, each user is awarded points for activity, which are tied to Bitcoin. Why they are needed is unknown.

According to the creators of the social network, CIMBOR is a dating and entertainment site that is aimed primarily at residents of Ukraine, but also at citizens of Slovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. The main section of the service is the news feed, which displays updates from all users. The social network also has tabs “Photos,” “Videos,” and “Blogs.” It is noteworthy that in CIMBOR you can sell and buy goods (like on OLX), as well as create lists of tasks that will be visible either to the creator, his friends, or generally to all users.

After the introduction of sanctions against Russian social networks, do not rush to switch to Facebook or Twitter. We bring to your attention more worthy analogues for communicating on the Internet, on Ukrainian platforms. We are confident that they are worthy of attention, especially since they were created in Ukraine, Joinfo.ua reports.

There are many interesting Ukrainian platforms on the Internet

It is possible to assume that they are not on a par with popular Russian social networks, but the very existence of Ukrainian analogues is worthy of our attention.

UkrOpen

It is known that UkrOpen is not copied from any social network - it is unique. This social network has built-in search system, which allows you not only to keep abreast of the latest events, but also to discuss these events with users. It is worth saying that only users over 13 years old will be able to register.

Ts.ukr

"Ts.ukr" is Ukrainian Facebook and VKontakte. The name is an abbreviation of the phrase “Tse – Ukraine”. An important nuance for users: if you store your favorite photos and music in VK, then with one click you can transfer all the information to your Ts.ukr account. Just fill out the registration form.

Hurtom.com

Hurtom is a Ukrainian Internet portal that was created as a site with Ukrainian culture and an exchanger of domestic files and data without advertising, which is very important. Now the main goal of the portal is to distribute films in the Ukrainian language.

ukrface.com.ua

A social network that is also a combination of two popular platforms. It has all the functions familiar to us, just like the Russian VK: personal page, friends, music, photos, videos. The highlight of UkrFace is the translation into the living Crimean Tatar language, which is not offered by any of the foreign social networks.

Ukrainians

According to the developers of “Ukrainians,” the main idea was to create a patriotic social network in the Ukrainian language. In this social network it is possible to communicate only text messages. In addition, there is no news feed either.

Previously, we talked about how it is possible to bypass the blocking of VKontakte, after the decree of the President of Ukraine.