Keyword: «text structure»
The structure and content of the monument of Siberian writing of the beginning of the XVIII century "Brief description of the ostyatsky people" by Grigory Novitsky is considered. A small historical information about the time of creation of the monument and its authorship is offered. Attention is drawn to the informative nature of the text of the monument and the importance of its study by historians and linguists
The article examines problematic issues of studying the lexical and communicative functionality of lexical repetitions in a literary text from the perspective of teaching Russian as a foreign language. To this end, the main types of lexical repetitions are empirically identified and appropriate explanations and justifications are given for students to more successfully master theoretical materials on this topic.

Tatyana Petrova