The subject of research constitutes Polish and Russian phraseological units realizing the
concept of BLISKOŚĆ (CLOSENESS). The author provides a linguo-cultural characteristic
of the very concept and means of its objectivisation in both languages compared. The problem
of a subjective evaluation appears in almost each unit under analysis. The analysis is
not based on qualitative expressions, but an intuitive distance evaluation. The concept of BLISKOŚĆ
(CLOSENESS) in Russian is given a bigger distance than in Polish as the perception
of distance specific to Russian and Poland differs
