English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary

Very comprehensive vocabulary but very limited slang content. The dictionary provides many examples of how the words are used in different contexts. I used this dictionary in Russia to communicate with limited-English-speaking friends. Communication was not fluent but it was effective. This is my fifth copy of the dictionary. My Russian friends also enjoyed using this dictionary and I gave away the first four copies. One copy was given to a teacher of English (the lovely Elena Andreevna) for use at her School No. 2 in Shchuch'ye, Russia. She said it was the only dictionary of this type that she had based on American (not British) English.

I'm in the process of learning Russian so that I can share her native language with my Russian born girlfriend. As a language expert, she rated this dictionary as Very Good, though not excellent, as she found a few errors and identified some types of words the editors chose to leave out which she wished they'd included. I'm still looking to get my hands on the Penguin Russian Dictionary, as it's said to be the best, but at the going price, I'll have to wait.

There are other longer and more learned reviews, but I will just save you some time and research. If you want something more then a pocket version, this is easily the best mid-size dictionary. It's clear to read and comprehensive. As many words in both Russian and English have multiple slightly different meanings, the plentiful phrase usage examples are especially useful.

Really good! The best English-Russian, Russian-English dictionary I could find. The secret is if you look up a word in English, and then reverse lookup the same word in Russian, it should be consistent. This dictionary is very good, while I haven't found others that do the same.

I bought this book as a gift so I don't know how good it is.