Vinogradov, V. V. Essays on the History of the Russian Literary Language of the 17th–19th Centuries (Ocherki po istorii russkogo literaturnogo yazyka XVII–XIX vv.), 1938. In Russian

Виноградов В. В. Очерки по истории русского литературного языка XVII–XIX вв. / Издание второе, переработанное и дополненное.
Ленинград : Государственное учебно-педагогическое издательство (Учпедгиз), 1938.
448 с. ; Обычный формат. Твердый издательский переплет. Тираж 25 000 экз.
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Vinogradov, Victor. Essays on the History of the Russian Literary Language of the 17th–19th Centuries. / Second edition, revised and expanded.
Leningrad : State Educational and Pedagogical Publishing House (Uchpedgiz), 1938.
448 pp. ; Regular format. Hardcover. Print run: 25,000 copies. In Russian.

This 1938 volume is a monumental achievement in Soviet linguistics, authored by the legendary academician Victor Vinogradov. As the second, significantly revised and expanded edition, this work solidified the "Vinogradov School" of linguistic thought, providing the first comprehensive historical synthesis of how the Russian literary language evolved from the pre-Petrine era to the peak of the 19th-century Golden Age. Vinogradov meticulously tracks the complex interactions between Church Slavonic traditions, Western European borrowings, and the living vernacular. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of linguistic shifts, including the arrangement of Peter the Great’s secular reforms, the stylistic innovations of Mikhail Lomonosov, and the ultimate synthesis achieved by Alexander Pushkin.
Published by Uchpedgiz in Leningrad during a critical period of Soviet academic restructuring, this edition became the definitive textbook for generations of philologists. Across 448 pages, Vinogradov analyzes the socio-cultural forces that shaped Russian syntax, vocabulary, and semantics, framing the language not just as a tool of communication, but as a living historical monument. Despite a substantial print run of 25,000, well-preserved hardcover copies of this pre-war 1938 edition are highly sought after by collectors and researchers of Slavonic studies. It remains a primary source for understanding the theoretical foundations of modern Russian philology and a testament to the intellectual rigor of early 20th-century linguistic science.