Literay Fact Literay Fact 2541-8297 2542-2421 IWL RAS https://www.doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2016-1-2-237-244 Articles «Barbara Is My Aunt, but Truth Is My Sister»: Laurence Sterne’s saying in Russian Literature Koshelev Anatoly V. editor@litfact.ru 2016 proverb Laurence Sterne F.V. Bulgarin Severnaya Pchela Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article analyses literary sources of the proverb “Barbara is my aunt, but Truth is my sister” and its use in Russian periodicals in the first half of the XIXth century, particularly in F.V. Bulgarin’s articles. 1. Karatygin P.A. Zapiski: V 2 t. Leningrad, Academia Publ., 1929. (In Russ.) 2. Koshelev A.V. “Kakoi-to Brambeus…” [“Any Brambeus…”]. Budushchee kak siuzhet. Stat’i i materialy. Tver’, Marina Batasova Publ., 2014, pp. 89–97. 328 p. (In Russ.) 3. Mikhel’son M.I. Khodiachie i metkie slova. Sbornik russkikh i inostrannykh tsitat, poslovits, pogovorok, poslovichnykh vyrazhenii i otdel’nykh slov (inoskazanii). [Catch words. Collection of Russian and foreign quotations, proverbs, sayings, proverbs and expressions (parables)]. Moscow, Terra Publ., 1994. 598 p. (In Russ.) 4. Poslovitsy russkogo naroda [Proverbs of the Russian people]. Sbornik V. Dalia. Moscow, GIHL Publ., 1957. 992 p. (In Russ.) 5. Senkovskii O.I. Sochineniia Barona Brambeusa Works by Baron Brambeus], sostaviteli V.A. Koshelev, A.E. Novikov. Moscow, Sovetskaia Rossiia Publ., 1989. 491 p. (In Russ.) 6. Stern L. Zhizn’ i mneniia Tristrama Shandi [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy]. T. 1–6. Saint Petersburg, 1804–1807. (In Russ.) 7. Fedosiuk Iu.A. Moskva v kol’tse Sadovykh. Putevoditel’. [Moscow Garden Ring. Guide]. Moscow, Moskovskii rabochii Publ., 1983. 447 p. (In Russ.) 8. Florenskii Pavel. Imena [Names]. Kostroma, Kupina Publ., 1993. 320 p. (In Russ.)