PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Stěpanova, Ludmila
TI  - Contemporary Russian Substandard
DP  - 2018 Mar 1
TA  - Bohemica Olomucensia
PG  - 186--195
VI  - 10
IP  - 1
AID - 10.5507/bo.2018.012
IS  - 1803876X
AB  - The article describes the history of studying of Russian substandard and the place of substandard in modern Russian speech. The author defines the terms substandard, slang and colloquial speech in Russian linguistic. There are described the largest subject groups of slang names. The author showes the development of slang names and their derivatives. This is demonstrated with contexts from contemporary Russian texts.