Dictionary of the Russian Language (Ozhegov)

Dictionary of the Russian Language
Cover of 1990 edition
AuthorSergei Ivanovich Ozhegov
Original titleСловарь русского языка
LanguageRussian
SubjectGeneral
GenreReference encyclopedia
PublisherM. O. Wolf
Publication date
1949 and on
Publication placeUSSR
Media type1 volume (hardbound)

Dictionary of the Russian Language (Russian: Слова́рь ру́сского языка́) is an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language. The first edition was published under the editorship of Ozhegov in 1949.[1] It contained about 57,000 words; its 21st edition (1990) counted 70,000 word entries. From 1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two co-authors, Ozhegov and Shvedova.