FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING OF RUSSIAN XENONYMS IN JAPANESE

The article is devoted to formation and functioning of special language units - Russian xenonyms in Japanese. The study takes place in line with the new linguistic discipline ? interlinguoculturology, which earlier dealt with the English-language description of foreign-language culture. This work is the first attempt of the description of lexical layer of secondary cultural orientation on the basis of Japanese. During the study the valuable conclusions on prevalence of xenonyms of the various formation ways and the main theme groups of its use are drawn.