This monograph presents—for the first time in domestic scholarship—a systematic study of the inaugural addresses delivered by Russian presidents, as well as their addresses to the Federal Assembly. The analysis is conducted primarily from cognitive and rhetorical perspectives. The author focuses on elements of the schematic and thematic structure of discourse, as well as on linguistic phenomena...

The book was written by one of the dictionary’s authors. ‘At the heart of this work lies an original and highly intriguing concept: to reveal to the reader the ‘creative workshop’ that—invisible to the naked eye—stands behind the *Orthoepic Dictionary of the Russian Language*—one of the most significant achievements of Russian lexicography in the second half of the 20th century’ (A. A. Zaliznyak).

Collection of Scientific Articles

This book constitutes the first dictionary in the fields of East Slavic folklore studies and ethnolinguistics to catalog proper names appearing in Belarusian, Russian, and Ukrainian riddles. The material, collected and systematized by the author, significantly expands our understanding of the East Slavic worldview, as well as the typology of riddles and related genres. The first part of the...

The collection *V.I. Dal and the Society of Lovers of Russian Literature* comprises speeches delivered at Society meetings by P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky and I.S. Aksakov—all dedicated to V.I. Dal—as well as scholarly studies examining Dal’s collaboration with the Society, the Society’s contribution to the development of linguistics and folklore studies between 1811 and 1930, and contemporary...