Projective images of the Russian tsar in publicistic texts of the 15-16 centuries

The article is devoted to the description of the system of semantic-speech devices used in the ancient texts of the 15-16 centuries written by the scribes Vassian Rylo, Philotheus, Hermolaus-Erasmus, Ivan Peresvetov. Using these devices, the author expresses her vision of a proper tsardom and construct the presentation of texts' audience. The author also describes the devices of the advanced evaluation, the contexts of the prophetic future and the explication of positive predictable situations.