Without exaggeration, it can be said that the book presented by Yu. A. Fedosyuk (1920–1993) is a unique phenomenon. Over decades of devoted research, the author collected a colossal amount of material, reflecting—through words that have been forgotten or are unclear to the modern reader—the material and spiritual culture of the Russian people. Examples taken from widely known works of classic Russian writers cover literature of the 18th–20th centuries.
The book is addressed to schoolchildren, students, teachers, and everyone who loves Russian language and wants to deepen their education.