“DICTIONARY OF THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE” EDITED BY ACADEMICIAN YA. GROT AND PROBLEMS OF LEXICOGRAPHIC PRESENTATION OF SPECIAL VOCABULARY IN EXPLANATORY DICTIONARIES

The article compares “Dictionary of the Russian language” (1891–1895) edited by academician Ya. Grot and contemporary explanatory dictionaries of the Russian language with respect to lexicographic presentation of special vocabulary (terms and professionalisms). Many-fold description of special vocabulary in “Dictionary of the Russian language” (with a number of examples from it) is demonstrated. The article emphasizes great importance of this dictionary for Russian lexicography.