Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language: Illustrated Edition

"The Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language" by V.I. Dal is a national pride of Russia, a true masterpiece of Russian literature. It contains about 200 thousand words and no less than 30 thousand proverbs and sayings.
Before you... is the first modern illustrated edition of this unique monument of domestic lexicography. Numerous illustrations - images of national history, the rich subject world of our people's culture - make this unique dictionary a true encyclopedia of Russian life. "...The compiler of the dictionary is not a guide to the language, but a servant, a slave of it; the same can be said of any writer: you write with a pen, you cannot cut it down with an axe. As much as could be gathered in phrases, dedicating all his leisure time to the collection and processing of Russian words, is included in the dictionary, and not a single one has been missed by intention... One cannot jest with the language: the spoken word of a person is a visible, tangible connection between the soul and the body, spirit and flesh..."