Progress Publishers was a

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-based

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founded in 1931.

Publishing program

Progress Publishers published books in a variety of languages: Russian, English, and many other European and Asian languages. They issued many scientific books, books on arts, political books (especially on

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), classic books,

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, novels and short fiction, books in source languages for people studying foreign languages,

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s and photographic albums. Progress Publishers joined with International Publishers in New York and the

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's publishing house, Lawrence and Wishart, in London to publish the 50-volume ''Collected Works'' of

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and Frederick Engels, a project launched in 1975 and completed only in 2004. Other books published in English by Progress included ''Marx and Engels on the United States'' (1979), a compilation drawn from letters, articles, and various other works, and ''A Short History of the USSR'' (1984). One of the common features of all Progress books was their "request to reader" to send an opinion and suggestions on the book. It reads:

Book series

* ABC of Social and Political Knowledge * Books About the USSR * Classics of Russian Literature * Current International Problems * Imperialism: Acts, Facts, and Records * Impressions of the USSR * International Communist and Working-Class Movement * V. I. Lenin: Collected Works * Library of Political Knowledge * Library of Soviet Literature * Man Through the Ages * Modern Working-Class Novels Series * On the Track of Discovery * Progress Books about the USSR * Progress Guides to the Social Sciences * Progress Marxist–Leninist Theory * Progress Military Series * Progress Problems of the Third World (also known as: Problems of the Third World) * Progress Russian Classics Series (also known as: Russian Classics Series) * Progress Soviet Authors Library * Russian Readers for Beginners * Scientific Socialism Seriesse:Scientific Socialism Series
worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 October 2022. * Socialism Today * Soviet Foreign Policy and International Relations * Soviet Literature for Young People * Soviet Military Thought Series * Soviet Novels Series * Soviet Short Stories Series * Stormy Petrel Series * Student's Library * Theories and Critical Studies * War Memoirs

References

External links

Progress Publishers, Moscow
- official website * Rossen Djagalov
Progress Publishers: A Short History
at leftword.org {{Authority control Political book publishing companies Publishing companies of the Soviet Union Book publishing companies of Russia Publishing companies established in 1931 1931 establishments in the Soviet Union Defunct book publishing companies Companies based in Moscow English language in Russia

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