An unparalleled index dictionary represents the first attempt in domestic literary criticism to systematize the plots and motives of Russian literature throughout its existence. The first issue of the dictionary reflects the plot-motive composition of Russian literature of the 10th - 20th centuries. in three thematic groups: biblical plots (by origin), mythological (folk, mythology and demonology) and royal (acting character). Studies of Russian and foreign scientists of relevant issues were used and texts containing these motives up to intertextual repetition were involved. The purpose of creating a dictionary is to introduce the collected materials into a wide international scientific circulation and facilitate the work of the researcher.