The article discusses the functioning of the word pravda as a unit of a communicative level of language – the system that reflects the ratio of the positions of the speaker, the listener and the situation that is qualified by them. This system is organized by such units as the aim speech, the variative rows of the constructions which are correspond to them, and the two groups of means: some are specially designed for operation at this level; others may form the nominative content, but can be complicated by the communicative parametres. Word pravda belongs to the latter group. The article defines the invariant parameters of the word pravda, shows their fuctioning, the relationship of this unit with other means.