V.I. Dahl's literary cycles "Soldiers' Leisure Hours" and "Sailors' Leisure Hours"

the article is devoted to the analysis of the functions and specifics of military vocabulary in V.I. Dahl's literary and educational cycles "Soldier's Leisure" (1843) and "Sailor's Leisure" (1853). The purpose of the authors is to explore how language becomes a key tool for achieving didactic and artistic tasks in texts addressed to a special category of readers: soldiers and to the sailors. It is shown that Dahl consciously uses a diverse layer of army vocabulary: highly specialized terms, professionalisms, commonly used words with military semantics. This vocabulary performs various applied artistic functions: accurately describes the realities of service, immerses the reader in a professional environment, serves as a metaphor for explaining complex concepts, tells about the history of the exploits and successes of the Russian army, and motivates through the description of specific awards for service. The analysis demonstrates that the rejection of neutral synonyms in favor of soldier terms was a conscious artistic and pedagogical device for Dahl. This strengthened the audience's trust and positioned the author as "his own". Thus, the military vocabulary in these cycles is not just a thematic layer, but tools for fulfilling the author's task and a system-forming element that forms the artistic world of the cycles.

V.I. Dahl, Russian literature of the 19th century, military vocabulary, literary method, literary cycle, works for the people