Dmitry Ushakov

For Russian gymnast, see Dmitry Ushakov (gymnast).

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolayevich and the family name is Ushakov.

Dmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Ушаков; 24 January 1873 – 17 April 1942) was a Russian philologist and lexicographer.^[1]

Dmitry Ushakov
Дмитрий Ушаков
Born	Дмитрий Николаевич Ушаков (1873-01-24)24 January 1873 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	17 April 1942(1942-04-17) (aged 69) Tashkent, Soviet Union
Academic background
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Doctoral advisor	Filipp Fortunatov

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.