Reflection on onomastic terminology
Onomastics as an independent scientific area was established only in the middle of the XX century. The decisive contribution to the establishment and development of the Russian onomastic terminology was made by the dictionary by N.V.Podolskaya (1978, 2nd edition - 1988). The new dictionary of onomastic terminology, which carries on the traditions of N.V.Podolskaya, should contain the definitions of the new terms, characteristic for the development of science of the XXI century, show the connection of onomastics and linguistics, history, geography, social science, culturology and other spheres.