Talk:Kunstkamera

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It's a Dutch name[edit]

I do not think "Kunstkamera" is a russian word. In fact I think it originates from Dutch. The Dutch would be "Kunstkamer" which means "chamber of art" or "art chamber". It would not be surprising that Peter the Great used Dutch to name his museum. Since the name of the very city it is located in is also a dutch one (Sint Petersburg). Apperently Peter the Great had much admiration of Dutch culture at that time.

Could someone please verify this? I can't be shure for I don't read propper Russian. (I do speak fluently Dutch so I can confirm the Dutch nature of the name)

84.2.107.232 (talk) 23:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC) I agree with you, it is not a Russian name -- Kunstkamera. Peter the Great did spend some time abroad, studying in Holland (See: [1]), something quite unprecedented for a tsar to do at the time, which may help to explain the non-russian origins of the museum's name. 84.2.107.232 (talk) 23:22, 3 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From Kunstkamera "The dutch word "konst-kamer" seems to be introduced by the surgeon Stephanus Blankaart in 1680." ----