Anthroponyms in the story of Boris Vasilyev "And the dawns here are quiet..."
The article discusses the using of anthroponyms in a literary text. The features of the names, surnames and patronymics of the characters in the story of Boris Vasiliev «And the dawns here are quiet ...» are analyzed. This literary text uses single-word (name, surname, middle name), as well as two-word (name + surname), (name + middle name) models. One-word ones are represented by personal, family, patronymic nominative signs, the most numerous of which are nominal and family models. Each naming model performs its function. Attention is drawn to the etymology of anthroponyms. An attempt is made to analyze how the meaning of a proper name is connected with the character of the character and the function performed by him in the work of art. The article concludes that anthroponyms perform several functions in the story of Boris Vasiliev «And the dawns here are quiet ...»: they reflect the character of the characters; transmit the position of the subject of the action, description, emphasizes the military situation, subordination, etiquette form of appeals; also serve as signs of the era, events, moral categories. On the example of the analysis of anthroponyms in the story of Boris Vasiliev, the article shows that onomastic vocabulary plays an important role in the literary text and serves to implement the author’s intention and idea of the work.