DMITRIJ NIKOLAEVICH USHAKOV —“A MAN OF COMMUNICATION” (TO THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCHOLAR)

Dmitrij Nikolaevich Ushakov (1873-1942) was an outstanding linguist and teacher whose life was closely connected with Moscow University. The main attention is paid to the pedagogical activity of the scholar, primarily his work at Moscow University, where he taught since 1907, first as a privat-doсent, and since 1918 as a professor. The courses that D.N. Ushakov taught are listed, it is indicated that he introduced the course “Modern Russian Language” into teaching practice. Fragments of students’ memories describing the professor’s teaching style are given. D.N. Ushakov brought up a whole galaxy of outstanding linguists who were proud of the nickname “Ushakov’s boys”. The article characterizes the personality of the scholar, his scientific and organizational activities in the field of dialectology, orthoepy, orthography, in the formation and development of which he made a significant contribution. The main attention is paid to lexicographic activity, since for non-specialists the surname Ushakov is primarily associated with Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language. The article briefly describes the work on the never-created Reference Illustrated Dictionary of the Russian Living Literary Language, the experience of working on which was useful to D.N. Ushakov when working on the well-known dictionary.