Vedomosti - Latin-Reminiscences in the Russian Language of the 17th/18th Century

An important source for the investigation of the Russian language during the reign of Peter the Great is the first printed paper Vedomosti (1703-1727) initiated by the Tsar himself. Here many compilations from Western European papers are found, that transported words of Latin provenance into Vedomosti, including later latinized spellings and Latin quotations. This shows the strong position of latinitas in the Western European language area at the time, in particular Dutch, the language favoured by the Tzar, but also German and French. Therefore we are dealing here with "Eurolatinisms" which form a connection between Russia and the European area.