The article analyzes the period of English infl uence on the Russian social fabric from the last quarter of the 17th century to early 20th century and Russian-English bilingualism as a Russian cultural phenomenon. The author’s conclusion is that most of the Englishinspired innovations failed to take root in the Russian culture because of the domination of the Russian-French bilingualism.
Keywords: Russian society, Russian intellectuals, Anglophilia, wide-spread and individual bilingualism, Russian-English Bilingualism, Russian-French bilingualism
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