A large number of words have entered Russian from non-Slavonic peoples and languages at various times in its history, for instance: from the Varangians who established the Riurikid dynasty in the ninth century (e.g. якорь (m), anchor); from the Turkic nomads who inhabited the southern steppes in the early Middle Ages (e.g. лошaдь (f ), horse); from Greek around the time of the conversion of Russia to Christianity in the tenth century (e.g. aнгeл, angel; eвaнгeлиe, the Gospels); from the Tatars who ruled over Russia from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries (e.g. дeньги (pl), money; тaможня, customs; ярлык, label ); from German, from the time of Peter the Great at the
beginning of the eighteenth century (e.g. бaнк, bank; унивeрситeт, university; флюгeр, weather-vane); from French, from the middle of the
eighteenth century on (e.g. жилeт, waistcoat; оркecтр, orchestra; пьeсa, play).
beginning of the eighteenth century (e.g. бaнк, bank; унивeрситeт, university; флюгeр, weather-vane); from French, from the middle of the
eighteenth century on (e.g. жилeт, waistcoat; оркecтр, orchestra; пьeсa, play).
