About Evident and Hidden Diglossia of the Communicative Space of the Russian World

The article clarifies the ideas about the linguistic situation that has developed during the evolution of the communicative space (semiosphere) of the Russian World. It is shown that a special role in this space is played by the Church Slavonic language, which to this day remains the most important component of the semiosphere of the Russian culture thanks to the secondary semiotic systems contained in the Slavic Bible. The opinion is substantiated that the liturgical language of Russian Orthodoxy can be considered as the highest communicative register, organically, “in spirit and letter,” connected with the church-religious style of the Russian language and, consequently, with all its other varieties.