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I'm currently reading a book about the Congress of Vienna and it's amazing that the Russian Tsar argued with the English ambassador in French. Here were all the
by MomoXenosaga 5y ago
I'm currently reading a book about the Congress of Vienna and it's amazing that the Russian Tsar argued with the English ambassador in French. Here were all the rich and powerful men of Europe dividing up the continent and there wasn't a single translator needed.
- kleton 5y agoThat would have been Aleksandr I's first language even.
- j7ake 5y agoThe aristocrats in Russia back then probably spoke French as well as or better than Russian if Tolstoy books are to be believed.
- dgaaaaaaaaaa 5y ago^ This is right. It happened because of Peter the Great's westward alignment of the royal machinery and continued till the last Tsar.
- d0mine 5y agoRussian tsars are likely not even native Russian speakers. I listened to a recording recently -- the accent is obvious. Same family https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/king-george-tsar-nicholas-1913/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/king-george-tsar-nicholas-1...
- amilios 5y agoInteresting -- what kind of accent is it? Would it be most similar to the accent a German native speaker would have speaking Russian today?
- tjalfi 5y agoThat sounds like an interesting read, what's the title of the book?