Keyword: «русский»

The distinctive features of slang in Russian and English are considered in the article. The aim of the article is to study the usage of slang among young people. Based on the performed research the author concludes that slang is of great importance for young people. Thanks to slang, young people can easily find a common language with each other and learn new foreign words.

The author presents an analysis of first published multilingual diaries of the Slovak Tolstoy’s follower Albert Shkarvan from the late 19 – early 20 centuries according to the forming of the worldview of this outstanding personality. A. Shkarvan served as a link between Western European and Russian religious and philosophical thought. Shkarvan’s different interpretation of Tolstoy’s philosophy as well as the characterization of the mentality of the Russian and Slovak peoples are presented.