It is proved that at the modern stage of onomastics researches there are lack of integrative researches of generalized nature, necessity of systematization and supplement of the received results in the modern onomastics from cognitive points of view, which draw the attention, first of all, to urbanonymical lexicon in the knowledge representation; in 2016 the first chrestomathy on cognitive onomastics was published, it includes articles by scholars from Austria, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Finland for 2004-2014 and give grounds for the cognitive direction in proper names research. It is proved that urbanonyms research in the cognitive context allows reflecting on the subject of cognitive onomastics and whether it can help to answer many questions in the field of human cognition of surrounded names of linear interurban objects. It is revealed that addressing the urbanonyms naming issues in the cognitive aspect are determined by two main reasons. Firstly, it is insufficient coverage of studies of the cognitive element of onomastics, which is able to borrow ideas of cognitive linguistics and generate its own cognitive theories. Secondly, it is significance of proved scientific data about cognitive dependence of the choice, invention, and the use of proper names on the city territory for modern society. Onomastic categorization theory is proved.

In the conditions of ordinary school education the most pupils have their educational and cognitive motives at the low level. Theoretical course of the Russian language is rather difficult, not entertaining, not appealing to the schoolchildren, it could be seen from their educational progress in this discipline, and therefore the use of additional resources at the Russian language lessons is necessary, as they provoke educational interest among pupils. Any material, even the most difficult, could be memorized better if when explaining it at the lesson the teacher uses the entertainment principle, different game moments, that stimulate positive motivation for learning Russian among pupils.

The analysis of the conceptual domain of “perception” and the secondary representation of this area is made by means of lexical categories, included in the “flora” area on the basis of the German language. The relevance is due to the never-ending interest of linguists in studying the process of interpretation and conceptualization, which is confirmed by the numerous works on these topics. The purpose is the analysis of the interpreting functions of lexical units that objectify the “flora” area in relation to the conceptual domain of “perception”, as well as the identification and analysis of the main interpretative formats of knowledge of these lexical units. The main methods are the method of conceptual analysis, the method of component analysis. The main features of the interpretative formats of knowledge of the lexical categories of the “flora” area are described in detail. During the study of the actual material, interpretative features of the perception and observation format, associative format, peculiar to the categories of the given field were revealed. A number of lexical units included in the “flora” area were analyzed, and the main conclusions were drawn on the ways of their interpreting the conceptual domain of “perception” in the German language.

The subject of paper consists of discussion of two fragments of “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”, a monument of the Ancient Russian literature of the late 12th century. The first fragment had some variants of readings where we tried to understand and translate adequately not clear verb near the word Div - the name of demonic beings which occurs in the Old Russian texts. Researchers thought that in this case at correspondence of the manuscript of “The Tale…” record has got to the text on the manuscript fields, drawing attention to an unfamiliar word «зри» (‘please, look (at)’), it was thus noticed that tracings of Cyrillic letters Б and Р could be similar at that time. We notice that in a fragment of story of the 15th century “Zadonshchina” copied from “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”, we meet parallel variants пробилъ (‘broke through’) and прорылъ (‘dug through’), explained as different perusals of similar tracings of letters that represents argument in favour of writing correction зби on зри . After that, being based on indications of lexicon of the Ukrainian language, we suggest to read this unclear fragment as “there appeared Div”. In the second fragment in a combination “dark blue wine mixed with greaf” we, addressing to the facts of dialects of the Ukrainian language, show that the word вино (wine) in this fragment of “The Tale of Igor’s Campaign”, is the name of grapes, instead of a drink. Words трудь mean in the Old Russian language ‘the grief, pity’ and its synonym туга is similar to the name of rice or millet name borrowed from Turkic languages, and, possibly, has been replaced by more clear synonym. In this case words “dark blue berries mixed with rice (millet)” should designate the special dish prepared for Slavic funeral repasts that will be coordinated with motives of death in this context of product.

The current problem of changing the artistic paradigm in the modern literature and the resulting changes in the ways of organizing literary text. The aim is to identify the features of the current poetics in the modern Western European novel, in the description of the updated methods of implementation of the author's strategy and tactics. The specificity of palimpsest as an immanent property of non-classical text in the novels of S. Folks and B. Schlink, leading contemporary prosaic writers of great Britain and Germany, is proved on the basis of the conducted poetological analysis. It is shown that palimpsest is constructed either on the principle of agglutination, when the text is “glued” of relatively independent parts, each of which “shines” through the next (S. Folks), or on the principle of “stringing” of “plug-in constructions” on the main storyline (B. Shlink). The functions of “plug-in constructions” that reproduces the features of the ancient genre of the Odysseus myth, “stories”, memoirs, Victorian novel, magazine reviews, publicist articles, newspaper essays, etc., which interact with the main genre of the novel paradigm that identifies complex, multi-voiced and multivalue structure of the text are described. The interrelation of the poetics of the analyzed novels with the principles of non-classical artistry based on the accentuation of the communicative nature of art is substantiated.

It is concerned the problem of the current problem of literary impressionism which requires a theoretical, historical and literary research, including the materials of specific authors, associated with different national cultures and different stages of literary development. The aspects of this problem that still preserve debatable nature are indicated. The goal and the objectives of the developed approaches description of the impressionism interpretation are implemented. Impressionism is interpreted as an aesthetic phenomenon based on the interaction results of the impressionistic phenomena in painting, music and literature. Conclusions about the importance of these phenomena for the development of the interpretive and mimetic (or imitative) functions of art are made. The interpretation of literary impressionism as a combination of subjective impressions of the world is offered on this basis. These impressions inform the text the increasing dynamic and substantially enrich the expressiveness of a word, consisting of the fixing of the instant changes occurring in the world: in the living nature, in the emotional state of a human and so on. The status of literary impressionism is defined as a specific characteristic of the writers’ creativity that can be associated with different literary trends and creative methods (realism, naturalism, symbolism, etc.), different kinds and genres (novel, short story, lyric poem, etc.).

Аbstract. The novel “The Fatal Eggs” of M.A. Bulgakov is analyzed. Its satirical vector is in a secret literary farce focused on L.D. Trotsky and his surroundings. The composition of farce and its borders of embeddedness in the text are defined. The connections with diablerie, mystery bouffe, political farce, which was done by Soviet propaganda in order to show “Moscow Trials” towards “Trotskyists”, are found. As literary references we use roman feuilleton “Moscow” by А. Bely and “Erendorf Island” by V.P. Kataev. The main place is given to playing peculiarities of the work, particularly, varieties of allusion - suggestive marking mode. We present the hypothesis of attribution of the novel.

Bstract . The problem of preservation and modification of national identity and culture is examined. Nowadays, when countries are opening their borders and we can witness the formation of multiethnic states, the interaction of national cultures and the formation of multiethnic states are not surprising at all. All this has led to the modification of certain stereotypes and personality traits and has caused the formation of new stereotypes and personality traits relevant for people of different nationalities who have long shared the same territory. The nature of relationship between the Russian and Kazakh ethnic groups which bears on the formation of mentality of both ethnic groups as a result of which a common conceptual basis relevant for the speakers of these languages comes about are analyzed. Considering hospitality as the common trait of the Russians and Kazakhs, we have attempted to determine the extent to which the outlook of these ethnic groups has changed in the process of mutual cultural interaction and, most importantly, how the change in thinking occurs. Sociolinguistic and statistical analysis of the survey data of the two ethnic groups from Russia and Kazakhstan provides data on possible modifications of ethnic stereotypes of the Russians who have been living in Kazakhstan for a long time.

It is devoted to the memory of Professor, Doctor of Philology Lia Solomonovna Kaufman in connection with her 100th anniversary. A graduate of the legendary Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature and History gave about 60 years of her life to the establishment of higher education in Tambov. For years of work in Tambov State Pedagogical Institute/Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin she goes all the way from the Assistant to the Professor, made a considerable contribution to preparation scientifically-pedagogical personnel, as the Head of German Language Department she created favorable conditions for the international cooperation even in 1960-1970s, was also the founder of the the second in Russia international Goethe's society in Tambov.

An analytical review of the monograph devoted to the actual problem of genre formation and genre poetics is presented. This problem is considered in the monograph on the material of the English novel, its origin and historical evolution from the 14th to the early 21st century. The relevance and theoretical significance of the scientific results presented in the book under review is substantiated. The specifics of the present stage in the development of literary criticism are shown, which consists in exacerbating the scientific interest in the “pulsation” of artistic ideas, variations in genres and genre interactions. The novelty of the observations and conclusions about the ways of the translation of tradition and the features of its reception at different stages of the development of artistic consciousness are noted in the monograph. The significance and scientific prospects of the contribution of the author of the monograph to the study of the historical poetics of the English novel have been confirmed.

We dedicate our chronicle to the Slavic Writing and Culture Day, consider prere- quisites to the creation of the holiday, the territory of its extension, and participation of several Slavic countries in its popularization. The Slavic Culture Forum activities, which headquarters is located in Ljubljana, Slovenia, are analyzed. It is noted that the activities of the forum contribute to the cultural connections consolidation between Slavic nations, and Slavic interests in the humanitarian sphere as well. It also contributes to the development of international events, such as folklore feasts, gala-concerts, and conferences. The purpose of the Slavic Culture Forum activities is identified: the main goal is consolidation and protection of Slavic interests in the culture and science spheres, and preservation of traditions and confessional preferences. Moreover, modern threats to the integrity of Slavic culture are mentioned, as well as problems to be solved in the international cooperation sphere.