Dictionary of the Russian Language

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Dictionary of the

Russian Language

(Ozhegov)

Dictionary of the Russian Language (

Russian

: Слова́рь ру́сского языка́) is an 

explanatory

dictionary

 of the 

Russian language

. The first edition was published under the editorship of

Ozhegov

 in 1949.

[1]

 It contained about 57,000 words; its 21st edition (1990) counted 70,000

word entries. From 1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two co-authors,

Ozhegov and Shvedova.

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The immediate predecessor of this dictionary was the 

Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian

Language

 under the editorship of 

academician

 

Dmitry Ushakov

 (1873–1942). The last, 4th

volume of this edition was signed for printing on December 3, 1940 – half a year before the

Great Patriotic War

 of the 

Soviet Union

 with the 

Nazi Germany

 began. On April 17, 1942

Ushakov died in 

Tashkent

 where he was evacuated from Moscow. The editorial

responsibilities and duties for the next publication of an explanatory dictionary passed to

Dictionary of the Russian Language

Cover of 1990 edition

Author

Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov

Original title

Словарь русского языка

Country

USSR

Language

Russian

Subject

General

Genre

Reference

 

encyclopedia

Publisher

M. O. Wolf

Publication date

1949 and on

Media type

1 volume (hardbound)

Editions

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professor

 

Sergei Ivanovich Ozhegov

 (1900–1964), one of the co-editors of Ushakov's

Dictionary.

Given the acute shortage of material resources after the war, and pursuing the goal to

accelerate the release of a new dictionary, it was decided to reduce its scope by 4 times,

restricting it to a single volume. At the same time the composition of vocabulary was also

drastically modified, reflecting the changes in language which occurred in the last decade

(the first volume of Ushakov's dictionary was signed for printing in 1935).

The compilation of new dictionary was finished by 1949. This first edition of Ozhegov's

Dictionary contained about 57,000 words. The author personally corrected and updated the

2nd edition (1952) and the 4th edition (1960). Before Ozhegov died (1964), the 5th and 6th

editions were printed.

From the 9th edition (1972) 

academician

 

Natalia Shvedova

 (1916–2009) was appointed as

the editor. She made improvements to the 13th (1981) and to the 16th edition (1984). From

1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two authors, Ozhegov and Shvedova. The

4th edition of Ozhegov–Shvedova dictionary was printed in 1997, supplemented with 3,000

new entries.

1. 

Словарь (http://bse.sci-lib.com/article103268.html)

, 

Great Soviet Encyclopedia

"On-line Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language" (http://www.vedu.ru/ExpDic/)

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