Talk:Имущества принца/@comment-5206974-20120606235708/@comment-3112181-20120609013521

Aye, but the stem "hof" comes from German and means "court". Peter, who as you very well know, imperialised and modernised Russian society after his visit to western Europe in 1697, adapted many western terms into Russian places. Another example is "burg", which means city in German, but is used in Russian cities such as St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.