Well, Russian wikipedia says (with no source quoted) that this "s"-like symbol was used to spare the space and expired in the middle of 18th century, but suggests that it was in use only in writings of the Western variants of Russian language (that essentially means the Grand Duchy of Lithuania), and was not used in Muscovia.
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[split] Humanist handwriting in the MS?
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