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Zaliznyak's Lectures on the Russian Language
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A set of lectures and interviews by Andrey Zaliznyak, the Russian linguist known for his work on Russian grammar and accentology, covering the history and workings of the Russian language and linguistics more broadly.
One commenter recommends them to Russian speakers interested in language history, praising Zaliznyak for spreading the scientific view against popular folk etymology.
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Also, most notes aren't literature but letters of trading, marriage arrangements and such. So they don't tend to expound at length—and while afaik colloquial usage is very helpful for reconstruction, there's still not much of it. Consider that poetry especially helps with reconstruction, since it directly reflects pronunciation.
Btw, for Russian-speakers interested in the history and workings of the language, and linguistics in general, I recommend Zaliznyak's lectures and interviews available on YouTube. He was great at spreading the scientific view, on the backdrop or relatively scarce popular scientific journalism and noisy, harmful and politicized folk etymology.