Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House
The Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House (), formerly the main editorial office of the Armenian Encyclopedia () is a publishing house in Yerevan that was established in 1967 and published the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia in 1974–1986 and other encyclopedias in Armenian language later. It was founded as a department of the Institute of History of the Armenian Academy of Sciences under the presidency of Viktor Hambardzumyan. The AE publishing house also edited a children's encyclopedia, ''Who is it? What is it?'' () in 4 volumes (1984–87), the ''Russian-Armenian Polytechnical Dictionary'' (1988) and a ''Traveler's Encyclopedia'' (1990). Since Armenian independence (1991) publications include titles on topics of such current-day issues such as the first Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian Question and the Armenian diaspora. Heads * Viktor Hambardzumyan (1967—1974) * (1974—1979) * (1979—1988) * Konstantin Khudaverdyan (1988—1999) * (since 1999) Creative Commons li ...
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