Streszczenie
The present paper analyses changes in Russian word stress in adjectives. Evolution of
the accentual system can be observed in particular groups of adjectives: compounds with
-плавильный, -прядильный components, within adjectives formed from nouns with suffixes -ов, -ев
(мальчиковый, тигровый) and short forms of adjectives. The analyzed process of stress changing in
Russian language can be caused by different intra-linguistic and extra-linguistic tendencies, which
are discussed in the article.