Vladimir Ivanovich Dal (also: Dahl was one of the greatest Russian lexicographers. His father was a Danish physician named Johan Christian Dahl. The future lexicographer was born in Lugansk and served in the Russian Navy from 1814 to 1826. Dahl was interested in the language and folklore from early years. Having graduated from the medical department of the Dorpat University, … Wikipedia
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In 1828 when Russian -Turkey war began a young doctor, Vladimir Dal , went to Bulgaria. There he met Donsky Cossaks and maybe then appeared his pen-name CossackLugansky. Dal was a friend of two great writers: Shevchenko and Pushkin. Vladimir Dal was ne www.skiptonps.vic.edu.au/history/ukraine.htm