the Rusluie. These tradesmen from Vriezenveen settled in Saint Petersburg, Russia, but usually returned to Vriezenveen years later. In Saint Petersburg they formed a tight-knit community of several hundred people, who most likely spoke to each other in Vjeans. A strong Russian influence on the Vjeans of those who stayed behind therefore seems less plausible. Because Twente was more or less cut off from the rest of the Netherlands by the moorland for centuries, links were created with Westphalia and the adjacent Münsterland. The large city of Münster was looked at for the latest fashion and customs. The language in Münster (Westphalian) was also seen as the standard and the whole of Twente (including Vriezenveen) went along with this. A characteristic feature of Westphalian is the Vowel breaking, which makes an open ee, oo and eu sound like a "twisted" , and . "Weten" became "wiëten", "Koken" became "koëken" and "Lui/Leu" became "luje". This rotation can also be heard clearly in the spoken Low Saxon variants of Rijssens and Enters. However, Vjeans seems to have gone even a step further in this, so that "Wiëten" now sounds like "wjetn/wjet'n" and "Koëken" like "kwakn/kwak'n". (English: Weten – Knowing / Koken – Cooking / Lui|Leu – Folk) Preservation In 2014, four stories from the children's book series Jip en Janneke were translated into Vjeans and included in "Jipke en Jannöaken", the translation of this children's book series into Twents. Other than that though, other attempts to preserve the "real" Vjeans seem to be limited to the attempts of local linguists or local historical societies. In 1969, the "Woordenboek van het Vriezenveens, deel 1" (English: Dictionary of Vriezenveens, part 1), was written by Dr. Hendrik Entjes. Additional parts have since not appeared further. Notable residents Wicher Berkhoff (Russian: Vasili Ivanovich Berkov, English: Vasily Berkov (1794–1870)), shipbuilder and translator Manon Fokke (1976), politician Marcel Fränzel (1960), politician Maayke Heuver (1990), football player Michel Jansen (1966), football player Wicher Jansen (1848–1894), textile manufacturer Johan Kenkhuis (1980), swimmer Bernard Kobes (1945), politician Gerhardus Kruys (1838–1902), naval officer and Secretary of the Navy Gerben Löwik (1977), cyclist Reinie Melissant-Briene (1965), politician Jessica Torny (1980), football player Literature and sources Plegt, B.H.A.M., e.a. (red.) (1961). Jaarboek Twente 1962. Stichting Jaarboek voor Twente, Enschede. Jrg.1(1961). ISSN 1566-3744. Entjes, H. (1969). Woordenboek van het Vriezenveens : deel 1. Sasland, Groningen. 124 p. Niet verder verschenen. Entjes, H. (1970). Omme sonderlinge