V knige s pomoshch'yu sistemnogo analiza i na osnove traditsionnykh i novykh istoricheskikh istochnikov rassmatrivaetsya dvizhenie russkogo narecheniya v XVII nachale XXI vv. kak chasti sotsial'noy istorii Rossii. Sobrannye avtorami elektronnye bazy dannykh pozvolyayut detal'no prosledit' peremeny v russkogo antroponimikone v raznykh sotsial'nykh sloyakh i gruppakh cherez periody mira, krizisov, revolyutsiy i voyn. Kniga prednaznachaetsya dlya istorikov, lingvistov i vsekh interesuyushchikhsya istoriey narecheniya.