Ushakov's_Explanatory_Dictionary_of_Russian_Language

Dmitry Ushakov

Dmitry Ushakov

Russian philologist and lexicographer

For Russian gymnast, see Dmitry Ushakov (gymnast).

Dmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov (Russian: Дми́трий Никола́евич Ушако́в; January 24, 1873 – April 17, 1942) was a Russian philologist and lexicographer.[1]

He was the creator and chief editor (1935–1940) of the 4-volume Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language with over 90,000 entries. He was also the creator of an orthographic dictionary of the Russian language (1934).[1]

He influenced his student, Grigoriy Vinokur, who dedicated his book The Russian Language: A Brief History to him.[2]

Ushakov died in Tashkent, where he had been evacuated to during World War II.[1] His work on a definitive explanatory dictionary of the Russian language was continued by Sergei Ozhegov.

References

  1. [1]
    "Dmitry Ushakov" (in Russian)
  2. [2]
    Винокур, Григорий Осипович (2 April 1971). The Russian Language: A Brief History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-07944-0.
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