Old Russian
Proper noun
Meaning
Old Russian
The Old East Slavic language.
Synonyms
Examples
Preparing for my address I found in an old Russian encyclopedia a definition of "peace" as a "commune" - the traditional cell of Russian peasant life.
An old Russian lady who has for some obscure reason begged me not to divulge her name, happened to show me in Paris the diary she had kept in the past. .... I cannot see any real necessity of complying with her anonymity.
East Slavic is generally thought to converge to one Old Russian or Old East Slavonic language, which existed until at least the 12th century.
Old Believers In addition, the Old Russian Orthodox Church ( Old Believers ) had fourteen churches and one monastery in Moldova in 1991.
In Old Russian Sunday was also called неделя "free day" or "day with no work", but in the contemporary language this word means "week".