The article deals with the artistic originality of Yu.V. Bondarev’s work, themed at a man in war. Attention is paid to the so called “lieutenant’s prose”, a special phenomenon in Russian literature in late 1950s.

The article deals with the artistic tools of the book “The Princess Bride” (1973) by W. Goldman (1931–2018). This work is a postmodern metatext, a “book within a book”, if we take into account the author’s prefaces – “a book within a book within a book within a book within a book”. The fairy-tale plot of this work is characterized by signs of cyclicality. The genre origin of the work is noted, the features of literary fairy tale, fantasy and parable are distinguished. The system of characters of the work is considered, the main characters of which – Westley and Buttercup make a kind of “quest”, passing through various tests, finding each other and faithful friends in the person of Iñigo and Fezzik.

The aim of this review article is to demonstrate the developmental process of Russian language and literature education in Turkey from a historical perspective. The historical process reveals that Russian language was first taught in the madrasas in the 18th century. Due to the increased use of the Russian language in the army after the reforms initiated by Tsar Peter I, the teaching of the Russian language in mili­tary schools officially started in 1882. In 1935, the Department of Russian language and literature was established at the Faculty of Language, History and Geography of Ankara University. Starting in the 1990s, Russian language and literature departments have been opened in many universities such as Istanbul University, Selçuk University, Erciyes University, Gazi University and Kafkas University. Currently, there are Russian language and literature departments in seventeen universities in Turkey, and four universities offer programs in Russian translation and interpretation. The article provides information about the cities, faculties, student quotas and the number of academic staff of these departments as of the year 2023. Additionally, the article elaborates on the ‘‘ÖYP’’ (Teaching Staff Training Program) and the Law No 1416 on Sending Students to Foreign Countries, which is facilitated by the Ministry of National Education. Thе information was obtained from the official website of the Higher Education Council of the Republic of Turkey (YÖK) and the Ministry of National Education of the Republic of Turkey (M.E.B.). This study applies the traditional review method. As a result of this research, the need for expanding scientific and educational cooperation between Russia and Turkey is emphasized to continue and encourage interest in research in the fields of Russian language, literature, culture, and history.

The given article dwells on the issues beset with morphological peculiarities and word-building potential of the suffix -vor in Tajik literary language referring to the 12^th century. It exemplifies the historical production entitled as Tarjumai Ta’rikhi Yamini” by Jurfodiqoni. It is noted that suffixes occupy the key role in the formation of series of derivative words. The suffix -vor mostly forms derivative adverbs in our study. Adducing the results of the analysis concerned with the theme explored one can come to the conclusion that in “Tarjumai Ta’rikhi Yamini” by Jurfodiqoni morphological peculiarities and word-building potential of the suffix -vor forming Tajik derivative words possess many similarities and differences from modern Tajik literary language.

The given article dwells on the issues beset with morphological peculiarities and level of usage of comparative degree of adjective in the Tajik literary language referring to the 12th century on the example of the historical production entitled as Tarjumai Ta’rikhi Yamini” by Jurfodiqoni. It is noted that in modern Tajik literary language comparative and superlative degrees are expressed in two ways: synthetic and analytical ones and the theme explored is of a long history and passed various periods and evolution throughout its development. Adducing the results of the analysis concerned with the theme explored one can come to the conclusion that in “Tarjumai Ta’rikhi Yamini” by Jurfodiqoni, the comparative degree of adjective is evinced analytically. The relevant degree of adjective possesses certain common and distinctive peculiarities, on the whole.

The article discusses the genre of hagiography and changes in the hagio­graphic composition of the lives of saints of the 20^th century. It is indicated that a distinctive feature of the “new” hagiographies is not only the exact indication of the year and place of birth of the saint, but also the inclusion in the text of interrogation reports, excerpts from diaries, letters, and photographs too. The genre of biographies of Russian martyrs and confessors, canonized at the turn of the 20^th–21^st centuries, is analysed.

The paper, based on the material of Dostoevsky’s Idioglossary, argues that the core of the author’s thesaurus is the concept of ‘tchelovek’. The semantic structure of the word “tchelovek” is determined considering definitions in explanatory dictionaries, the peculiarities of its use in works of fiction, in literary essays and in writer’s letters. The idiostyle features of the word “tchelovek” are demonstrated in the use of the word form “tcheloveki”, new formations, individual author’s attributes, which often perform an evaluative function, etc. Attention is paid to the coordinative connections of the word “tchelovek”, its parataxis. Conclusions are based on the analysis of generalized statements including this ideologeme, which makes it possible to determine the areas of intersection of the text semantic field “tchelovek” with other textual semantic fields.

The article is about correlation of the semantics of a polysemantic base word and the semantics of its derivatives within а word-formation nest. Special emphasis is paid to the processes of Russian word-formation, according to which derivatives are distributed in the word-formation nest. A word-formation nest is considered to be a cognitive-communicative unit of language consciousness with sub-nests which interprets separate fragments of reality.

The paper analyzes the genre of peasant omens about the weather, which is the least investigated in folklore. The purpose is to explore the specifics of the language of folk poetic style using the example of German folk omens about the weather. The main technical tools and stylistic means that are used when creating this type of text are discussed.

In this paper we refer to the presence of Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy on the Macedonian literary scene of the 19th century. The famous writer and thinker was especially respected among highly educated Macedonian intellectuals, who were reading as well as reviewing his works. The most famous literary reviews of Tolstoy are those by Atanas Badev (Prilep), Dimitar Rizov (Bitola) and Marko Grigorov (Tresonche, Debar Area). Tolstoy’s works were published by the printing houses of Hariton Genadiev (Bitola) and Spiro Gulapchev (Lerin).

The paper characterizes the magazine “Knizhnye Novosti”, which is a kind of indicator of the reading preferences of Soviet people in the 1930s. At the same time, it is a reference and documentary source about publishing activities in the USSR.

The article analyzes the formation of the image of an enlightened woman in the “Moscow Mercury” magazine, examining both ideal and satirical female images. Attention is paid to the transformation of the perception of women and their role in society in the context of changes in literary and cultural norms: discussions about language, the development of a sentimentalist literary tradition, the “feminization” of literature.

The article analyzes Russia apocryphal literature, that interprets the texts of the Old and New Testaments in its own way. This literature, having been published in Orthodox magazines during the Synodal period, in the 19th century, characterizes by the appearance of parables, traditions, and legends based on well-known apocryphal plots in it. The collection “Lilii Polevye” is examined, which includes many pre-revolutionary transcriptions of the apocrypha, which has been reprinted several times in our time.

This paper studies two plays by Ludwig Tieck (“Life and Death of Little Red Riding Hood” and “Knight Bluebeard”) in the context of the writer’s innovations introduced to Charles Perrault’s stories. The tragedy “Life and Death of Little Red Riding Hood” has been analyzed aiming to show the declination in the main characters and their behavior differ from those in the original and much attention is given to the way Charles Perrault’s story is transformed. When analysing “Knight Bluebeard” we mostly concentrate upon the main Villain, upon Tiek’s subtle psychologism and the play’s romantic universum. The result of the study is demonstrating Ludwig Tiek’s most important innovations characterising both plays as well as either of them.