Russian Language StudiesRussian Language Studies2618-81632618-8171Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba10279The unofficial Ekaterinburg urbanonimes as an element of linguistic and cultural competence of a foreign studentKlimenkoE NКафедра социально-культурных технологий; Уральский государственный лесотехнический университет; Ural State Forestry Engineering Universityrty110@yandex.ruUral State Forestry Engineering University150420104455309092016Copyright © 2016, Russian and Foreign Languages and Methods of Teaching2016The article describes unofficial city names of Yekaterinburg which present a special name layer of colloquial language. We consider this name layer as an element of linguistic and cultural competence of a foreign student.linguistic and cultural competencecolloquial wordsadaptationRussian as a foreign languageteachingurbanonimлингвокультурная компетенцияразговорная лексикаадаптациярусский как иностранныйобучениеурбанонимы