The Soviet Historical Encyclopedia is the Soviet encyclopedia of the
Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991. It united the country's leading scientists and was subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (un ...
(1961–1976) on the history of peoples of the whole world until the 70s of the 20th century.
Content
Includes articles-terms on the history of the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
and foreign countries, especially on recent history. Many articles are given detailed chronologies, which are integral parts of articles devoted to the
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
, Union republics and foreign countries.
Articles are accompanied by statistical tables, maps (historical, political, ethnographic), diagrams, illustrations.
Editors
*Editor-in-Chief – Evgeny Zhukov.
In different years, the members of the main editorial board were:
Volumes
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! Title , , Year of Publishing , , Number of Pages
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, 1 , , Aaltonen – Ayan , , 1961 , , 530
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, 2 , , Baal – Washington , , 1962 , , 517
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, 3 , , Washington – Vyachko , , 1963 , , 516
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, 4 , , Hague – Dvin , , 1963 , , 542
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, 5 , , Dvinsk – Indonesia , , 1964 , , 492
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, 6 , , Indra – Caracas , , 1965 , , 521
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, 7 , , Karakeev – Koshaker , , 1965 , , 520
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, 8 , , Koshala – Malta , , 1965 , , 509
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, 9 , , Malta – Nakhimov , , 1966 , , 508
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, 10 , , Nachimson – Pergamum , , 1967 , , 534
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, 11 , , Pergamum – Renuven , , 1968 , , 521
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, 12 , , Reparations – Slavs , , 1969 , , 496
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, 13 , , Slavic Studies – Xia Chen , , 1971 , , 530
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, 14 , , Taanah – Feleo , , 1973 , , 524
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, 15 , , Fellahi – Zhalaynor , , 1974 , , 510
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, 16 , , Zhang Wen-Tien – Yashtukh , , 1976 , , 509
Sources
*Soviet Historical Encyclopedia // Soviet Encyclopedia of the History of Ukraine: in 4 Volumes / Editor-in-Chief
Andrey Skaba – Kiev: The Main Edition of the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia, 1972 – Volume 4 – Page 130
External links
Soviet Historical Encyclopedia: In 16 Volumes – Moscow: State Scientific Publishing House "Soviet Encyclopedia", 1961–1976 // Site "
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Russian-language encyclopedias
Soviet encyclopedias