RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Stěpanova, Ludmila T1 Contemporary Russian Substandard JF Bohemica Olomucensia YR 2018 VO 10 IS 1 SP 186 OP 195 DO 10.5507/bo.2018.012 UL https://bohemica.upol.cz/artkey/boh-201801-0012.php 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.