This is a Russian-English dictionary writen by prof. A.I.Smirnitskiy (Смирницкий, Александр Иванович) in 1948. This is the 17th corrected edition of this dictionary edited by O.S.Akhmanova (Ахманова, Ольга Сергеевна) published in Moscow by publishing house "Русский язык" (Russian language) in 1992. It contains over 52000 words.