Re: accents in Russian

Gianni -

qalam@yahoogroups.com wrote on 09/22/2005 03:36:32 AM:

> Hello all,
>
> I've just returned from a wonderful holiday in Russia, during which I
> visited a lot of churches.
>
> I was surprised to see accents (both acute and grave) on the texts
> written on the frescoes of the churches. Were accents formerly in use
> in Russian and got lost with time? Or is it a church-specific use (I
> suspect the latter since I never saw any accents on monuments or civil
> buildings).

Did you take any pictures of this? They would be interesting to see. I
think there's a place to post pictures for this list.

Lorna