Beyond Ozhigov--an alternative tolkovyi slovar' russkogo iazyka?

[David Powelstock]

I replaced my Ozhegov with Kuznetsov several months ago and am very pleased.
Not only does it have more words, but the definitions seem more complete.
Some rare words encountered in 19-th. c. literary texts turned up in
Kuznetsov, while they were not in Ozhegov.  Well worth the 40 clams, to my
mind.  Plus it comes in a nice red binding (for the book fetishists out
there), which seems much sturdier than the old Soviet binding on Ozhegov (in
my case, mostly replaced by duct tape at this point).
Best,
dp

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[mailto:SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Nicole Monnier
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Subject: Beyond Ozhigov--an alternative tolkovyi slovar' russkogo
iazyka?


In the midst of hunting down a word late last night, it finally dawned on me
that my beloved Ozhigov (7th ed., 1968!) and I are more or less coevals, and
that I should perhaps acquire a more up-to-date slovar' russkogo iazyka.

Does anyone have any suggestions regarding good--and currently
available!--Russian-Russian dictionaries? Specifically, has anyone used the
Bol'shoi tolkovyi slovar' russkogo iazyka, Kuznetsov, S. A. (sost. i red.),
(SPb: Norint, 1998)--the only such dictionary currently on offer at Viktor
Kamkin ($40.00)?

Many thanks,

Nicole
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Nicole Monnier                                    nmonnier at princeton.edu
Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Princeton University

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