Novoe vremia/modernity in Russian

[Harsha Ram]

Dear colleagues:

Can anyone point me to a solid account, of the Begriffsgeschichte variety, of how and when the term novoe vremia/noveishee vremia began to circulate in Russia, and for what reasons? The terms are clearly calques of the German Neue/Neueste Zeit, and I suspect they were introduced in the early 19th century, but would like to know more. 

Thank you!

Harsha Ram. 


Harsha Ram
Associate Professor
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Dept of Comparative Literature
6303 Dwinelle Hall
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA. 94720-2979
e-mail: ram at berkeley.edu
fax:   (510) 642-6220


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