The Inscription on the 1161 Cross of Saint Euphrosyne as a Monument of Ancient Russian Business Writing
The history of the Russian literary language is one of current directions of modern linguistics. Historical and linguistic studies provide important conclusions about shaping and development of the Russian language in the past, to adequately assess its current status.The article aims to prove that the text of the Inscription on the Cross of St. Euphrosyne of Polotsk is a monument ofancient Russian business writing, the language of which has all the features of language acts in business content. Generally, in historical linguistics inscriptions are not referred to as business texts.