About an unknown manuscript of «Abaza dictionary» of the Decembrist V.P. Romanov

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The present article is dedicated to the investigation of the manuscript «The Abazin dictionary» of the Decembrist Vladimir Pavlovich Romanov, compiled by him in 1827. Although the dictionary is entitled «Abazinian», the words included in it are, on the whole, Abkhazian. We are making an attempt to bring the given work into scientific use. The linguistic researches of V.P. Romanov are of scientific interest for the languages of the North Caucasus.