nneducation.narod.ru was the website of the Nizhny Novgorod Educational Center "NN Education," which taught foreign languages Dzerzhinsk; the nn.ru directory described it with the phrase "learn English in Nizhny Novgorod"[1]. The site was known to the web archive from July 18, 2001, and existed until at least the end of October 2005[1].

What the site looked like and what it offered

The earliest surviving snapshot, captured under the heading "NNEDUCATION," opened with the sections "Welcome," "Why NN Education," "Study in Nizhny Novgorod," "Study Abroad," "Guest Book," and "Order a Course"[2]. As the home page stated, the "NN Education Educational Center was created for the purpose of teaching foreign languages in Nizhny Novgorod and abroad" and was at that time "one of the largest language schools in Nizhny Novgorod, with a branch in the city of Dzerzhinsk"[2]. The site listed contact phone numbers for both branches: Nizhny Novgorod — (312)317-818, Dzerzhinsk — (313)599-667[2]. The text described classes "made to order" for the client's level and professional needs, small groups, role-playing exercises to practice business communication, and a choice between individual lessons and group classes[2].

By March 2003 the menu structure had been shortened and redesigned: "welcome," "why NN Education," "guest book," "ORDER A COURSE," with the study section split into the subsections "abroad," "in N. Novgorod," and "in Dzerzhinsk"[3]. By early 2005 the site, under the heading "NN Education," was already advertising specific programs: an "intensive business English course," an "intensive course for travelers," a "course for teenagers aged 10 to 15," and a "multi-level German course"[4]. The general description of the center changed little over the years, but the contact address became the email e-first@sandy.ru, listed in place of phone numbers[4].

Place in the Nizhny Novgorod internet

The site was registered in the nn.ru directory (the /rub/ section) under a description about studying languages in Nizhny Novgorod[1]. The rating value recorded for the site from the Counter.nn.ru sample was 25.0[1]; no votes for it were recorded in the surviving counter samples[1]. For more on the mechanics of such ratings, see the Archival study of the Nizhny Novgorod internet from the counter.nn.ru rating. The site itself was hosted on the free narod.ru hosting zone rather than in a local domain zone, but its Nizhny Novgorod ties were carried by its content: branches in Nizhny Novgorod and Dzerzhinsk, local telephone codes, and inclusion in the local directory[2].

How it closed

The last known snapshot of the site in the web archive is dated the end of October 2005; the compilers of the listing noted that the domain may later have changed hands, since the snapshots refer to the site alternately as "NNEDUCATION" and "NN Education" — the title and content diverge between the early and late snapshots[1]. The material contains no data on a move to another address; the domain's further fate cannot be traced from the available information — the last snapshot in the web archive is dated October 2005[1].

Sources

  1. NN.RU — nn.ru directory, site listing (archive)
  2. web.archive.org — Home page, 2001 (archive)
  3. web.archive.org — Home page, 2003 (archive)
  4. web.archive.org — Home page, 2005 (archive)