Encyclopedic multimedia associative dictionary «International contacts of Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk region»: principles of compiling

The article deals with the principles of compiling an encyclopedic multimedia associative dictionary “International Contacts of Chelyabinsk and the Chelyabinsk Region”. The authors state the problem of poor representation of the Chelyabinsk region international contacts in mass media and special literature. The authors also consider the place of the current dictionary in dictionary typology, describe its thematic, super- and macrostructures, as well as outline the perspectives of further research.