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🌏🇷🇺 Кolomna

Kolomna is a historical city in Moscow region situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, 114 kilometers southeast of Moscow.

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📕 Sergey Ivanovich Ozhegov was born on September 22, 1900. He was a distinguished linguist and the creator of the most famous Russian explanatory dictionary of the 20th century. This work was the first of its kind in Russia to be both compact and accessible, making it a true "calling card" of the national lexicon and a vivid reflection of the richness and diversity of the Russian language.📚

📚 Compiling this dictionary was a complex and weighty responsibility. Ozhegov faced considerable criticism and debate over which words and meanings to include, as the project was fundamentally about preserving and shaping Russia's cultural heritage.

📚 In a later tribute following Ozhegov's death, the renowned writer and poet Korney Chukovsky noted: "Facing intense pressure from both defenders of stagnant, polluted speech and stubborn purist retrogrades, Sergey Ivanovich Ozhegov did not yield to anyone. This was only natural, for his main quality was a wise composure—a calm and bright faith in science and in the Russian people, who would eventually reject everything false, superficial, and ugly in their language."

📚 He is therefore remembered as a man whose steadfastness and love for the Russian language left an indelible mark on the history of Russian linguistics.

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