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RUSSIA. Аванесов, Р. И. (ed.) [Avanesov, R. I. (ed.)]. Атлас русских народных говоров центральных областей к востоку от Москвы [Atlas of Russian folk languages of the central regions east of Moscow]. Moscow, USSR Academy of Sciences, 1957. Oblong folio. 1104 pp. in sheets, color printing, in publisher's navy percaline flap folder, gilt title on upper board. First edition of this major dialectological atlas, the fruit of decades of research begun in the 1930s and coordinated mainly in Moscow from 1950 under the direction of linguist R. I. Avanesov. The book includes introductory articles, reference materials and over a hundred maps with commentary, illustrating the richness and diversity of Russian dialects spoken in the regions east of Moscow.