Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings/Russko-Angliiski slovar' poslovits I pogovork

RR 2000/335

Russian-English Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings/Russko-- Angliski slovar' poslovits I pogovork

Alexander Margulis and Asya Kholodnaya McFarland & Co.

Jefferson, NC and London 2000

viii + 487 pp.

ISBN 0 7864 0703 4

L41.25

UK distribution by Shelwing Ltd, Folkestone

Keywords Russia, Stories, Myths

Comprising 2,375 entries, this dictionary in two-column format is the product of many years' gathering, from centuries-old collections and from contemporary sources, in Russian and in English. There are more extensive compilations of Russian proverbs and sayings. This, however, is the first Russian-English dictionary in its field that includes English equivalents and analogues current in the USA (marked Am.), in Great Britain (Br.), or in both countries (Am.,...