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Dmitry Ushakov

1873 - 1942

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Dmitry Nikolayevich Ushakov (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Ушаков; 24 January 1873 – 17 April 1942) was a Russian philologist and lexicographer. 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). He influenced his student, Grigoriy Vinokur, who dedicated his book The Russian Language: A Brief History to him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Dmitry Ushakov is the 392nd most popular linguist, the 4,027th most popular biography from Russia and the 50th most popular Russian Linguist.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Dmitry Ushakov ranks 4,027 out of 3,761Before him are Theodoros Tselidis (1996), Polina Bogusevich (2003), Viktoria Listunova (2005), Eugene Mirman (1974), Anastasia Nazarenko (1993), and Dmitry Khvostov (1989). After him are Sofia Samodurova (2002), Ivan Alypov (1982), Natela Dzalamidze (1993), Denis Alekseyev (1987), Zelimkhan Bakayev (1996), and Artem Surkov (1993).

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