Calendar Names in the Composition of Toponyms
The article examines toponyms formed on the basis of mens and womens calendar names. The research was carried out on the material of the 17th-18th-century Smolensk business writing evidence. Name-based toponyms more often came into being nith the help of the suffixes -ov, -ev, -in (-ов, -ев, -ин), sometimes also the suffixes -k, -sk, -ichi, -ikh(a), -schin(a) (-к-, -ск-, -ичи, -их(а), -щин(а)). The regional material presented in the article can be used at the lessons and during out-of-class activities both at school and universities.