Dmitry Ushakov

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Dmitry Nikolaevich Ushakov (January 24, 1873 — April 17, 1942) (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Ушаков) was a Russian philologist. [1]

He was the creator and chief editor (1935-1940) of the 4-volume Ushakov's 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]

Ushakov died in Tashkent, where he was evacuated during the World War II.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Dmitry Ushakov" (Russian)
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