15 000 entries!

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).

Compiled by a leading Russian specialist on the Caucasus, this dictionary was not previously published - the author was a victim of Stalin's regime and died in 1941. The dictionary includes a description of the Tabasaran language and examples of Tabasaran texts compiled by the author.