Sovetsky Pisatel ( rus, Советский писатель, r=Sovetskij pisatel, lit. "Soviet Writer") is a Soviet and Russian

book publisher Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

headquartered in

Moscow, Russia Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. It focused on releasing the new works of Soviet authors. It was established in 1934, since 1938 served as the publisher for the

Union of Soviet Writers The Union of Soviet Writers, USSR Union of Writers, or Soviet Union of Writers (russian: Союз писателей СССР, translit=Soyuz Sovetstikh Pisatelei) was a creative union of professional writers in the Soviet Union. It was founded ...

, in 1992 it was turned into a commercial organization, owned by Arseny Larionov. The company was founded by the Union of Soviet Writers' organising committee prior to the First Сongress of the Soviet Writers in 1933. It was then called Sovetskaya Literatura (Советская литература, "Soviet Literature"). Sovetsky Pisatel was the result of a merger between Sovetskaya Literatura and two Soviet publishing companies —Moscow Writers Partnership ( rus, Московское товарищество писателей, r=Moskovskoe tovarishhestvo pisatelej, links=no) and Writers' Publishing House in Leningrad ( rus, Издательство писателей в Ленинграде, r=Izdatelstvo pisatelej v Leningrade, links=no)—in 1934. The first books under that title were published after the First Сongress of the Soviet Writers on November 1934. The company had offices in Moscow and

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In Soviet era the publisher released about 500 titles a year, 40% of which were foreign books translated from the

languages of the Soviet Union The languages of the Soviet Union are hundreds of different languages and dialects from several different language groups. In 1922, it was decreed that all nationalities in the Soviet Union had the right to education in their own language. The ...

Great Soviet Encyclopedia The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...

Since 1938 it was controlled and operated by the Union of Soviet Writers. With the dissolution of the Soviet Union the Union of Soviet Writers ceased to exist. The Leningrad department of Sovetsky Pisatel ceased operations in 1992. The Moscow department was transformed into a

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, and another book publishing company Sovremenniy Pisatel ( rus, Современный писатель, r=Sovremennyj pisatel, links=no, lit. "a contemporary writer") was established on its basis, but it was later renamed back to Sovetsky Pisatel.

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