The Dictionary of Epithets by I. S. Turgenev (based on the novel “Fathers and Sons”) systematizes and gives a description of about 2000 epithets expressed by adjectives, participles and nouns (applications). Each meaning of the epithet is illustrated by quotes from the novel “Fathers and Sons,” including variants from different editions of this work. Most of the quotes are given in expanded form, which will allow the reader to appreciate the beauty, laconicism and imagery of the language of the great writer, and teachers of the Russian language to use them as practical material in your work.