Paremiology Peter’s Era as Historical Source

Abstract

Proverbs and sayings of the Petrine era are considered as an important source for the study of the Russian language and culture. It is emphasized that the time of Peter the Great went down in history as an era of cardinal and great transformations in Russia, which affected various spheres of society. It is noted that many researchers associate the formation of the Russian literary language with the Petrine era. It is argued that the study of the language of the era of Peter the Great is impossible without the analysis of proverbs — such figurative and expressive speech material, which reflects the attitude of the people to science and education, everyday realities, spatial facts, etc. The importance of the paremiological heritage of the Petrine era for the study of its language and culture: collections of proverbs and sayings by P. K. Simonyi, A. I. Bogdanov, V. N. Tatishev, Petrovsky Gallery, a handwritten collection of proverbs, sayings and sayings of Peter’s time by A. A. Barsov is emphasized in the article. The special significance of the handwritten collection of P. K. Simoni is proved, proverbs and sayings from which reflect many details of the life of this period and capture the history of Russian colloquial and dialectal speech. Examples of this kind are subjected to linguistic and cultural analysis in the article.