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Abstract This article is based upon the surprising deficiency of philological studies dedicated to the examination of the first female biographical descriptions that there in abundance in the Russian official discourse of the 17th century. Indeed, these early works reflect fundamental functions attributed to the lives of mediaeval women and depict family connections, locations, class affiliations, fiscal standings, and the legal rights to inherited property and assets. Likewise, we witness a limited choice of female occupations and their dreadful living conditions throughout tragic historical Russian epochs. These external facts, when combined with the incarnate use of applicable female proper names in the official discourse, give a new life to limited-gender terms such as maid, wife, mother, sister, daughter-in-law, widow, and midwife.

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