Poetics of naming in the novel “Red viburnum” (Kalina krasnaia) by V.M. Shukshin

This article discusses the importance of the category of naming in the novel “Red viburnum” (“Kalina krasnaia”) by Vasilii Makarovich Shukshin. The particular attention is paid to the proper names of the characters The semantic fulfillment of the secondary important characters gave us the opportunity to divide all the proper names into two categories with the main hero regarded as the core element between the two elements.