In. M. Zhivov (19452013) an outstanding Slavist scholar, author of fundamental works on the history of the Russian language, Old Russian writing, Russian literature of different eras, the history of Byzantine and Russian culture, Russian church history . The monograph presents the results of many years of study in . M. Living laws of the historical development of the Russian literary language . The central idea of the study is the idea that literary language develops not spontaneously and "organically", but according to scenarios that are created by cultural processes. The book is mainly based on a chronological principle, with individual topics related to the structural characteristics of the written language being considered in a cross-cutting manner. The second volume contains the third and fourth parts of the monograph. The third part examines the dynamics of the language situation in the period before the formation of the language standard. The processes of changes in the registers of the written language during the period when it retained the register organization (up to the end of the XVII century) are considered. ). The fourth part is devoted to the processes of formation of the Russian language standard (the Russian literary language) during the XVIII early XIX centuries. The monograph is intended for specialists (linguists, literary critics, historians) and for all those interested in the history of the Russian language and the history of Russian culture.