Russian-English Dictionary Mass Market Paperback – May 26, 2009

I am using my wife’s account to write my review, but both of us have M.A.’s in Russian, and I’m sure she would agree with my comments.I came across the ad for your Langenscheidt’s Russian dictionary by accident. It is the 2nd edition and appears to be an updated version of the Romanov dictionary that I used 50 years ago. I was very pleased to see that some version is still in print and couldn’t resist ordering it for the sake of nostalgia. We have many other dictionaries now that we accumulated over the years, but this one holds a special place for both of us.It was, and still is, a nice little dictionary. For its size it packs a lot in it--vocabulary and grammar, too. The format with its truncated entries can be a challenge to get used to, but when that happens, it's fairly easy to use for the vocabulary by itself as well as the reference numbers to various declension and conjugation patterns that are elsewhere in the dictionary. For its price, the paper is okay as are the clarity and size of the fonts used. Apparently there were some corrections as well. Our Russian professor looked askance at me when as an undergraduate, I translated мосвкич as Moscower all the years ago, but the Romanov dictionary was connected with the German Langenscheidt company, so the mistranslation (from Moskauer) isn’t really a surprise. Fortunately the dictionary now gives the correct meaning of Muscovite.While going to college, one of the jobs I had was on an assembly line, and I kept the dictionary in my back pocket. When things were slow, I was able to grab the dictionary and read a page or so of the Russian words and their equivalents in English. It was small enough to allow me to do that, yet complete enough to make it worthwhile. I can’t praise this dictionary enough.

I have had one of these fo0r a dozen eyars. I buy them now for young students who are studying Russian, and have them shipped right to their school address. The tables of Irregular Verb conjugations at the back is outstanding... only place I have ever seen such information organized.

This is a very informative book and if your thinking about getting into learning Rusian, this book is a good head start.It has the Russian alphabet and much more in it. My grandson learned how to write his name in Rusian, in just a few minutes of reading this book.The one issue I have with this book is the fact that it is so small it is hard to read with my "old eyes" without the help of my reading/magnified glasses. Other than that, for the cost this book is, it's well worth the price.

Good product

As a medical provider I have met other providers from other countries. I have a group of medical providers from Russian who have trained in our country and have gone back to improve medical care in their towns hospitals. Many times they write back in Russian so now I can see what they are saying.

Very detailed as far as I can tell

Youngest son is teaching himself and he finds this easy to use.

Not as good as other Russian-English Language dictionaries I have. My teach suggested it, but I'm not a fan. Its a small book too.