Here is an up-to-date, authoritative, and easy-to-use reference guide to today's Russian language. More than 140,000 entries and derivatives cover the whole range of the written and spoken language, including literary words, slang, and technical terminology.
Compiled by W.F. Ryan (English-Russian) and Peter Norman (Russian-English).
Professor Will F. Ryan is an Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow of the Warburg Institute, University of London.
MA DPhil FBA, FSA, Dr hon. causa, Russian Academy of Sciences
He has written and researched extensively on the history of the Russian language, the history of Russian science and magic to 1800, and the history of navigation and scientific instruments.