names of Russian currency units; names of particular financial sums; names of Russian coins; Russian idioms and proverbs; new expressions in Russian.

Avtor zanimalas´ istoriej i sovremennostju deněžnych jedinic Rossii (daže nazvanijami otdel´nych děněžnych summ i monet). Vnimanije obratila i na nazvanija jedinic, kotoryje uže nesuščestvujut, no oni ostalis´ v russkich frazeologizmech i poslovicach. Krome togo vnimanije obraščeno i na novyje vyraženija, kotoryje pojavilis´ v russkom jazyke liš v konce 20 veka.

The author deals with the historical and present names of Russian currency units (also with the names of particular financial sums and coins). She notices also the names of such units that are not actually existing in present however they have been preserved in idioms and proverbs. Except that the author focuses on the new expressions which appeared in Russian only at the end of the 20. century.