Vasily Ilmenev “Explanatory Dictionary”

This publication introduces a hitherto unknown text by Alexey Remizov, previously not included in bibliographic references. Remizov’s “Explanatory Dictionary,” published under the pseudonym “Vasily Ilmenev” is a review of the first volume of the Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language edited...

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Main Author: Alla M. Gracheva
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Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature 2020-09-01
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Online Access:http://studlit.ru/images/2020-5-3/Gracheva.pdf
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