The section ‘History of the Russian Language and Written Tradition’ is concerned with a wide range of issues, including  historical phonetics, grammar and lexicology, as well as history of written literary language and historical dialectology from the late Pre-Slavonic period to late 18th century with a particular focus on history of the Russian language of the written monuments. There will be a special session on the lexical system of the Russian language in the period of its formation and theory and practice of lexicography of the historical dictionary.