Zakharova, E. V., Nagurnaya, S. V URBANONYMS OF PETROZAVODSK: THE HISTORY OF BILINGUALISM AND TRANSLATION CHALLENGES. Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2026;48(7):27–37. DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2026.1363


Russian language. Languages of the peoples of Russia

URBANONYMS OF PETROZAVODSK: THE HISTORY OF BILINGUALISM AND TRANSLATION CHALLENGES

Zakharova
E. V. 		Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Nagurnaya
S. V 		Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Keywords:
Karelia
Petrozavodsk
urbanonyms
translation
bilingualism
Russian language
Karelian language
Finnish language		 Summary: The article examines the phenomenon of bilingualism characteristic of the Karelian capital’s urban names (urbanonyms) against the backdrop of the history of Petrozavodsk’s street network development. The study aims to investigate the diachronic aspects of the formation of bilingual street names and to analyze a range of contemporary topographic terms used for translating Russian urban place names into the Karelian language. Specifically, it seeks to determine the appropriateness of using the Karelian lexeme uuličču (street) as a classifier for Karelian-language street names. The relevance of this study lies in the need for a scientific rationale regarding the functioning of various Kareli- an-language classifiers found in the street names of modern Petrozavodsk. The study’s novelty stems from the fact that the topic of the formation of Petrozavodsk’s bilingual image remains virtually unexplored, with the exception of a few isolated works. The analysis drew on materials from the “Methodological Guidelines for Translating Russian-Language Urban Names into the Indigenous Languages of Karelia (Karelian and Veps languages)” and the “List of Petrozavodsk Toponyms in the Russian, Karelian, Veps, and Finnish languages”, as well as a body of sources documenting the history of the city’s street network. The study employs descriptive, etymological, and lexico-semantic research methods. An ex- amination of the etymology and semantics of the Karelian lexemes piha and kujo, alongside expert recommendations on using them to translate various Russian street-network classifiers – such as pereulok (lane), alleya (alley/avenue), bulvar (boulevard), proulok (narrow lane/passageway), and tupik (dead-end/cul-de-sac) – has confirmed the validity of using the Karelian lexeme uuličču as the equivalent of the Russian classifier ulitsa (street) on address signs in Petrozavodsk.



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