Symbolic Notion of “Honor” among Russian’s Army Officers in the Early XXTH century (according to the Memoirs of A.I. Denikin)

Abstract

This article analyzes the concept of honor in the views of Russian officers at the beginning of the XX th century. On the example of the memoirs of General A.I. Denikin, the author shows the lexical content and the semantic meaning of the concept of “honor” in the language, socio-cultural, historical and religious references.