Dmitry Ushakov

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Dmitry Ushakov

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

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Дмитрий Николаевич Ушаков

(1873-01-24)24 January 1873
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died17 April 1942(1942-04-17) (aged 69)
Tashkent, Soviet Union
Academic background
Alma materMoscow State University
Doctoral advisorFilipp Fortunatov
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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.

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