From 1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two co-authors, Ozhegov and Shvedova.

The last, 4th volume of this edition was signed for printing on December 3, 1940 – half a year before the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union with the Nazi Germany began.

Given the acute shortage of material resources after the war, and pursuing the goal to accelerate the release of a new dictionary, it was decided to reduce its scope by 4 times, restricting it to a single volume.

At the same time the composition of vocabulary was also drastically modified, reflecting the changes in language which occurred in the last decade (the first volume of Ushakov's dictionary was signed for printing in 1935).

From 1992 the dictionary is released with the names of two authors, Ozhegov and Shvedova.