Dmitry Ushakov

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[edit]

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

External links[edit]