The book was written by one of the dictionary’s authors. ‘At the heart of this work lies an original and highly intriguing concept: to reveal to the reader the ‘creative workshop’ that—invisible to the naked eye—stands behind the *Orthoepic Dictionary of the Russian Language*—one of the most significant achievements of Russian lexicography in the second half of the 20th century’ (A. A. Zaliznyak).

V.I. DAL AND SOCIETY OF RUSSIAN PHILOLOGISTS. The collection dated for 200th anniversary of the great scientist has been prepared for publication by The Russian Philology Lovers Society.