Vladimir Nabokov, however, compared this dictionary with that of Vladimir Dahl unfavourably, and repeatedly used Ozhegov's work as an example of "impeccably bad taste".
Ozhegov also ran the Russian Language Institute as part of the Russian Academy of Sciences to oversee and advise on the correct spelling, grammar and pronunciation of the Russian language.
Russian is the official language of Russia, and an official language of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the unrecognized Transnistria, South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Trasianka is a language with Russian and Belorusian features used by a large portion of the rural population in Belarus.
^ The Language of the Russian Village (in Russian).
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