Proper noun
Old Russian
The Old East Slavic language.
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. Mikhail Gorbachev
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. Vladimir Nabokov
East Slavic is generally thought to converge to one Old Russian or Old East Slavonic language, which existed until at least the 12th century. Source: Internet
Old Believers In addition, the Old Russian Orthodox Church ( Old Believers ) had fourteen churches and one monastery in Moldova in 1991. Source: Internet
In Old Russian Sunday was also called неделя "free day" or "day with no work", but in the contemporary language this word means "week". Source: Internet