The story
Founded by Dmitry Zavalishin on Nov 30, 2000.1
On November 30, 2000, Yandex.Market was launched entitled "Yandex.Tovary" (literally "Yandex.Products") by employees of Yandex Dmitriy Zavalishin, Evgeniya Zavalishina and Ilya Polozhintsev. Therefore, a month prior, Yandex launched an online consulting service Yandex.Guru that helped the user to choose a product using leading questions. Yandex.Tovary, Yandex.Guru and online service Podberi.ru where all combined into Yandex.Market in 2002.
In June 2013, Yandex.Market opened a website section with the list of recommended online shops. The shop can get a "recommended" status after the conclusion of the contract with Yandex.Market. In 2015 Yandex.Market launched delivery service Yandex.Delivery (Russian: Яндекс.Доставка).
In 2016, Yandex.Market has become a separate company.
In 2018, Yandex.Market and Sberbank launched a joint online marketplace named «Beru». it was closed and included into Yandex.Market in 2020.
From Wikipedia’s article on Yandex Market, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4