The article is an attempt to systematize knowledge on the subject of underground pseudonyms. Research is traced on about 1,800 underground pseudonyms taken from juvenile remembrance literature of the World War II period. The attempt at systematization takes advantage of the contemporary state of reseach on the underground pseudonym, at the same time taking into consideration the results of personal research. The primary role in the classification proposition is played by the genetico-etymological criterion. Semantic, motivational, and sometimes even structural elements are not overlooked, however. The material is first divided into two large groups: 1) pseudonyms created from proper names, 2) pseudonyms from appellatives. Next, by use of the genetico-etymological criterion, individual underground pseudonyms are united in larger or smaller groups and subgroups according to the classifaction applied.
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