dmitry, ushakov, russian, gymnast, gymnast, dmitry, nikolayevich, ushakov, russian, Дми, трий, Никола, евич, Ушако, january, 1873, april, 1942, russian, philologist, lexicographer, creator, chief, editor, 1935, 1940, volume, explanatory, dictionary, russian, l. For Russian gymnast see Dmitry Ushakov gymnast Dmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov Russian Dmi trij Nikola evich Ushako v 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 was evacuated during World War II 1 His work on a definitive explanatory dictionary of the Russian language was continued by Sergei Ozhegov References Edit a b c Dmitry Ushakov in Russian Vinokur Grigorij Osipovich 2 April 1971 The Russian Language A Brief History Cambridge Cambridge University Press ISBN 978 0 521 07944 0 External links EditSearchable version of Dal s Ushakov s and Ozhegov s dictionary This article on a Russian linguist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dmitry Ushakov amp oldid 1092808707, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,