Before the reader - the world's first richly illustrated edition of the "Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language" and . Dal. The modern version includes the most vivid and interesting articles that most fully describe the history, life, customs, customs and rituals of the Russian people. The main feature of this edition is the color illustrations that build a magnificent visual series. The reader has the opportunity not only to read Dale's interpretations of long-forgotten words, to learn the unusual meanings of words already known, but also to see on the canvases of famous Russian artists their visual images. To illustrate part of the words, not the whole picture is used, but only its detail. If there is no word in the title of the picture for which this illustration is given, a reference to this word is given after its name, which helps the reader to link together illustrative images and interpretations. The dictionary is addressed to a wide range of readers. PDF file has an interactive table of contents.