What can Wikipedia stats tell us about Ukraine (and Russia)? February 28, 2023 Read more about Ukrainian language trends here Читать на русском Background info Wikipedia, one of the world’s most popular websites, maintains accessible, detailed statistics on who visits the site. With a simple Python script, it’s possible to scrape this data and do some analysis on it.
Потери России на Украине 31 декабря 2022 г. • Read in English Российские и украинские потери в войне с февраля трудно отследить, поскольку обе стороны не особенно охотно делятся цифрами. Отсутствие достоверной информации приводит к вакууму, который заполняется пропагандой, спекуляциями, истерией и прочей дурной информацией. Тем не менее, все же возможно получить приемлемые оценки количества погибших. Давайте начнем с российской стороны. По моим подсчетам, по состоянию на 15 декабря 2022 года в Украине погибло около 17 500 российских и союзных войск. ...
Russian losses in Ukraine December 31, 2022 Russian and Ukrainian losses in the war since February are hard to track, as both sides are not particularly eager to share the numbers. The absence of reliable information leads to a vacuum that is filled with propaganda, speculation, hysteria and other bad information. However, it’s still possible to get decent estimates of the losses. Let’s start with the Russian side. By my estimation, as of December 15, 2022, about 17,500 Russian and allied troops have been killed in Ukraine. ...
Ukrainian language trends after the Russian invasion November 28, 2022 Читать на русском Google Trends is a hidden gem. It’s a tool provided by Google that allows you to see search trends over time, or compare which search term is more popular. Many people use the tool to compare trending topics or celebrities (Kim Kardashian vs. Taylor Swift, soccer vs American football, burgers vs pizza, etc.) But I’ve found the tool very useful for uncovering hidden social variables. ...
Рост использования украинского языка после российского вторжения 28 ноября 2022 г. text in English Google Trends - это скрытая жемчужина. Это инструмент, предоставляемый Google, который позволяет увидеть тренды поиска во времени или сравнить, какой запрос более популярен. Многие используют Google Trends для сравнения тем или знаменитостей (Ким Кардашьян против Тейлор Свифт, футбол (европейский) против американского футбола, бургеры против пиццы и т.д.). Однако я обнаружил, что сайт очень полезен для выявления скрытых социальных переменных. ...
List of Western countries 7 December 2017 There is no single definition of what the West is, so the list of countries changes depending on context. The different contexts are outlined in this Wikipedia article. Since people are now visiting this page more frequently, I will present three definitions, which people can use depending on context: The Latin West (cultural definition) – A broad definition of the West is all countries that were shaped historically by Western Christianity – today’s Catholic and Protestant churches. ...
Long Island according to Urban Dictionary 31 January 2016 (click to enlarge) This one’s pretty straightforward. Like the Washington State map, this was made at a friend’s request. This time I decided to make it a little more empirically sound by sourcing the stereotypes from Urban Dictionary, rather than vaguely coming up with them in my head. The result is pretty edgy but also kind of hilarious. All I did was type in the name of a neighborhood and put the key words that were in the UD entry. ...
Correlations in Ukraine 2 May 2015 The electoral division in Ukraine is very well-publicized, with countless maps all over Western media cropping up, showing the diagonal line that splits the country roughly north-south. As someone with a relatively close connection to Ukraine, I had always been deeply aware of this divide. But I never really thought about the root causes, beyond the idea of the Polish, Russian and Ottoman imperial boundaries. ...