Random House Russian-English, English-Russian Dictionary

by Random House

Release Date: 27 July, 1999

Edition: Paperback

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Totally useless

It is hard to believe this dictionary exists. All the Russian words are given ONLY in the nominative singular (nouns) or the infinitive (verbs). There is absolutely no indication of irregularities in declensions or conjugations, even for the four completely irregular verbs ("to want," "to give (perfective)," "to eat," and "to run"). Trying to figure out conjugations from the infinitive is impossible. Shifting stress and other irregularities in declensions also are not given. After finding the Russian word, you'd need to go to another dictionary to find out how to use it properly. In short, this dictionary is of no practical use to the student of Russian. Spend the extra money and buy the Katzner dictionary. You won't regret it.