The Great Patriotic War in the unofficial toponymy of Smolensk

the lexical layer considered in the article (unofficial toponyms of Smolensk associated with the Great Patriotic War) has not been covered by scientific research yet, which determines, along with the approaching anniversary of the Victory, the relevance of the work. Objective: to give a linguistic and socio-cultural assessment of the noted linguistic phenomenon. Tasks: to collect unofficial toponyms of Smolensk associated with the Great Patriotic War, analyze the collected material and systematize it. Research hypothesis: being an integral part of unofficial urbonymy, the lexical layer under study is stylistically less reduced. Methods: descriptive, comparative, structural, component analysis, oppositions, semantic field; contextual and conceptual analysis. Results achieved: the study analyzed most of the identified unofficial toponyms of Smolensk, to varying degrees associated with the Great Patriotic War – Tank, Cannon, Anti-aircraft guns, Bayonet, Kurgan, Memorial, Buchenwald, Volodya Kamenny, Dandelion, House with a clock, Blonye, Molotov Hotel, Hitler's Bunker. Conclusion: the analyzed lexical layer, firstly, reflects more deeply and objectively the true attitude of the ethnic group to the memorialization of certain historical events, and secondly, is characterized by a lesser degree of debasement than regional unofficial toponymy as a whole.

unofficial toponym, Great Patriotic War, Smolensk, Blonye, Memorial, House with a Clock, Vladimir Kurilenko, Hitler's Bunker