Includes passages in Russian.
Originally published in 'Izbrannye raboty po russkomu iazyku'. [2nd ed.]. Moskva (Moscow): Gos. uchebno-pedagog. izd-vo, 1959.
The Russian language : a brief history by Grigoriĭ Osipovich Vinokur. ISBN 0521079446. Published by Cambridge University Press in 1971. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.