Practical lexicography as one of the areas of work of Russian language and general linguistics department

2019 marked the 20th anniversary of “The Dictionary of Dialects of Transbaikal Old Believers’ (Semeiskie)”. The All-Russian Conference “Issues of Regional, Modern and Historical Lexicography and Lexicology”, held by Russian Language and General Linguistics Department of Dorzhi Banzarov Buryat State University, is timed to this event. The article presents an overview of the main lexicographic works of the lecturers of this department. Among them are “Buryat-Russian and Russian-Buryat Dictionary”, “The Dictionary of Dialects of Transbaikal Old Believers (Semeiskie)”, the lexicographic description of “The Expressive Vocabulary of Dialects of Transbaikal Old Believers”, “The Russian Dictionary of the 18th Century: Eastern Siberia. Transbaikalia” - works that have become a noticeable phenomenon in the regional and Siberian lexicography. We also emphasized new objectives and prospects of lexicographic work.