Influence of Bilingualism upon the Development of the Russian Medieval Culture
Bilingualism as a cultural and language phenomenon is a very important factor influencing upon the development of peoples, countries and the whole world. Its origin, development and diglossy depend up social, political, ethnical factors. Bilingualism can be diverse and unstable. Two important cultural and language processes which influenced the development of Russian cultural and language are covered in the article. In the early Middle Age there was Russian-Scandinavian bilingualism that was of a local character. It was documented only by some cultural artifacts and graffiti on them. In the X century there was Russian-Greek bilingualism through appearing a new religious doctrine. In the period foreign sacral literature was created according to new religious and literary traditions. However, this type of bilingualism existed among educated people, belonging to the upper class of clergy and nobility.