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While life and death are universal categories of human cognition and culture, the set of images associated with it is affected by ethnicity. These categories are not always identical and may vary from one ethnic culture to another. This article presents the images of linguistic personalities related to life and death as reflected in the opinions of speakers of the sub-dialects of northern Russia.