Precedent units in the headlines of the newspaper “Krasnaya zvezda”

The paper considers the headlines of the articles of the newspaper “Krasnaya Zvezda”, which are fragments of well-known and culturally significant speech works-precedent texts. The functions of precedent units in the headline position of newspaper publications are determined, the integrity of their composition is analyzed, the types of transformations of stable utterances of this type are characterized, the semantic and pragmatic connections of precedent units with the texts they head are traced. The conclusion is made about the important role of case texts in the construction of bright headlines that attract the attention of readers.