Explanatory dictionary of the Russian language Ushakov 2.0

Russian Russian Dictionary edited by D. N. Ushakov - Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian language, work on which began in 1928, was published under the editorship of D. N. Ushakov in 1934-1940 (the 1st volume was radically edited and republished in 1935). The dictionary was compiled by leading Russian linguists. Ushakov's dictionary is normative in nature and does not pretend to fully cover all layers of the vocabulary of the Russian language, however, the compilers of the dictionary fully took into account the semantics of each included word, carefully fixed outdated and newly emerging meanings. In terms of the correctness of definitions, the Ushakov dictionary remains to this day the best explanatory dictionary of the Russian language, an indispensable reference when working with texts of the XIX - first half of the XX century.

The explanatory dictionary of the Russian language pursues strictly normative lexicographic, stylistic, spelling and orthoepic tasks: to indicate correct word usage, correct formation of word forms, correct pronunciation of words and individual forms.

The dictionary includes the vocabulary of fiction (from Pushkin to Gorky), common scientific, industrial and socio-political vocabulary. From obsolete words, characteristic historical social and household names, known from works of art and popular scientific works, have been introduced into the dictionary.