ABSTRACT
The first time electronic mail became widely known was in August 1991. According to the study "The Internet for Journalists":
The development of the Russian Internet began in the rnid-1990s. It would perhaps be more correct to say the Russian-language Internet since, particularly in the early stages, the well-known figures on the Net (the "Net authorities") included large numbers of emigrants living in Israel, the United States, and Canada.
