Taboo Words. Linguists' Notes on Russian Profanity

In 2020, we came up with a book titled "The Art of Cursing" as part of an April Fool's joke. The joke was so convincing that readers began to write and ask when the book would be released. The interest... did not fade away — and we decided: it must be published!

How has Russian profanity penetrated literature — from classical to modern?
Why are some curses taboo while others become euphemisms?
How does obscene vocabulary change under the influence of laws and the internet? And why, despite all the prohibitions, the Russian language without profanity — is already not quite Russian?

How is this layer of language structured and why is it so firmly woven into our speech,
explained by Doctor of Philological Sciences Anatoly Baranov and Dmitry Dobrovolsky.