On October 19, 2010, the registration of IDN Cyrillic domain names in the .COM.UA and .KIEV.UA domain zones started. From this day on, the Internet users can register and use the symbols of the Ukrainian and Russian alphabets in domain names in these zones. Such domain names will look like this: фирма.com.ua, торговаямарка.kiev.ua.
Cyrillic domain names general requirements for the.COM.UA and .KIEV.UA domains
- Cyrillic domain names in .COM.UA and .KIEV.UA domains allow lowercase letters of the Cyrillic alphabet, Arabic numerals and the hyphen symbol "-".
- The Ukrainian symbol of an apostrophe "'" is not allowed in domain names.
- Cyrillic domain names cannot contain letters from other alphabets.
- Cyrillic domain names must contain at least one unique letter visually distinguishable from Latin letters and numbers (see the table for unique symbols below).
Requirements at the first stage of registration:
- The domain name must be registered as a Mark for goods and services (trademark) or on the basis of well-known brands in Ukraine. The verbal part of the trademark image must contain symbols of the Cyrillic alphabet and include at least one unique symbol visually distinguishable from Latin letters and numbers.
- The domain name (its third level component up to the "." sign) should be identical in spelling with the verbal part of the trademark.
- The domain name is registered with the trademark owner or the person to whom the owner transferred the right to use the trademark to register the domain name on the basis of a license agreement.
The full list of Cyrillic characters is in this table:
| Code | Image | Official symbol name | Unique symbols |
|---|---|---|---|
| U+0430 | а | Cyrillic Small Letter A | |
| U+0431 | б | Cyrillic Small Letter BE | |
| U+0432 | в | Cyrillic Small Letter VE | |
| U+0433 | г | Cyrillic Small Letter GHE | |
| U+0434 | д | Cyrillic Small Letter DE | A unique symbol |
| U+0435 | е | Cyrillic Small Letter IE | |
| U+0436 | ж | Cyrillic Small Letter ZHE | A unique symbol |
| U+0437 | з | Cyrillic Small Letter ZE | |
| U+0438 | и | Cyrillic Small Letter I | A unique symbol |
| U+0439 | й | Cyrillic Small Letter SHORT I | A unique symbol |
| U+043A | к | Cyrillic Small Letter KA | |
| U+043B | л | Cyrillic Small Letter EL | A unique symbol |
| U+043C | м | Cyrillic Small Letter EM | |
| U+043D | н | Cyrillic Small Letter EN | |
| U+043E | о | Cyrillic Small Letter O | |
| U+043F | п | Cyrillic Small Letter PE | A unique symbol |
| U+0440 | р | Cyrillic Small Letter ER | |
| U+0441 | с | Cyrillic Small Letter ES | |
| U+0442 | т | Cyrillic Small Letter TE | |
| U+0443 | у | Cyrillic Small Letter U | |
| U+0444 | ф | Cyrillic Small Letter EF | A unique symbol |
| U+0445 | х | Cyrillic Small Letter HA | |
| U+0446 | ц | Cyrillic Small Letter TSE | A unique symbol |
| U+0447 | ч | Cyrillic Small Letter CHE | A unique symbol |
| U+0448 | ш | Cyrillic Small Letter SHA | A unique symbol |
| U+0449 | щ | Cyrillic Small Letter SHCHA | A unique symbol |
| U+044A | ъ | Cyrillic Small Letter HARD SIGN | A unique symbol |
| U+044B | ы | Cyrillic Small Letter YERU | A unique symbol |
| U+044C | ь | Cyrillic Small Letter SOFT SIGN | |
| U+044D | э | Cyrillic Small Letter E | A unique symbol |
| U+044E | ю | Cyrillic Small Letter YU | A unique symbol |
| U+044F | я | Cyrillic Small Letter YA | A unique symbol |
| U+0450 | ѐ | Cyrillic Small Letter IE WITH GRAVE | |
| U+0451 | ё | Cyrillic Small Letter IO | A unique symbol |
| U+0452 | ђ | Cyrillic Small Letter DJE | A unique symbol |
| U+0453 | ѓ | Cyrillic Small Letter GJE | A unique symbol |
| U+0454 | є | Cyrillic Small Letter UKRAINIAN IE | A unique symbol |
| U+0455 | ѕ | Cyrillic Small Letter DZE | |
| U+0456 | і | Cyrillic Small Letter BYELORUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN I | |
| U+0457 | ї | Cyrillic Small Letter YI | A unique symbol |
| U+0458 | ј | Cyrillic Small Letter JE | |
| U+0459 | љ | Cyrillic Small Letter LJE | A unique symbol |
| U+045A | њ | Cyrillic Small Letter NJE | A unique symbol |
| U+045B | ћ | Cyrillic Small Letter TSHE | A unique symbol |
| U+045C | ќ | Cyrillic Small Letter KJE | |
| U+045D | ѝ | Cyrillic Small Letter I WITH GRAVE | |
| U+045E | ў | Cyrillic Small Letter SHORT U | A unique symbol |
| U+045F | џ | Cyrillic Small Letter DZHE | A unique symbol |
| U+0491 | ґ | Cyrillic Small Letter GHE WITH UPTURN | A unique symbol |
| U+04C2 | ӂ | Cyrillic Small Letter ZHE WITH BREVE | A unique symbol |