military vocabulary of german origin in russian

The article gives a brief explanation about the centuries-old stages of the borrowing of militaryvocabulary of german origin in russian. at the same time, history, ways of penetration, and sociopoliticalconditions for enrichment russian vocabulary based on historical sources are considered. thearticle also describes the importance of xvii the century military chronicles, reforming in the armedforces in the petrine era, a significant replenishment of military vocabulary by borrowing from thegerman language, works devoted to the study of military vocabulary in certain periods and in certainsources. moreover, cultural and political relations between russia and germany, the problem ofidentifying vocabulary and determining the source language, language development and enrichment areanalyzed briefly.