CONSIDERATION OF SEMANTIC TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE TERM "LEADER" IN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS USING LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY

The article considers the semantic transformation of the term “leader” over the course of five decades of the twentieth century. The article touches on the interdisciplinary field of linguistic anthropology and history. The term "leader" was undoubtedly one of the most relevant terms in the USSR, which allows the use of rich source material to study it. The ability of people to follow the change in political sentiments in the country reflected in the vocabulary of the language, preserved in historical documents. The author of the article gives several interpretations of the meaning of the term “leader”, indicated in the domestic explanatory dictionaries, and, citing examples from history, explains the reasons for the semantic transformation of this term in the periods from 1917 to the 60s. ХХ century. Ключевые слова: лингвистическая антропология, общественно-политический термин, смысловая трансформация термина «вождь», В. Ленин, И. Сталин, Н. Хрущёв.