Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia

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Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
encyclopaedia
PublisherArmenian Encyclopedia Publishing House
Publication date
1974-1987

Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (also rendered Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia;

Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR Viktor Ambartsumian. In 2011, it was licensed under the Creative Commons
BY-SA 3.0 free license.

History

In 1964, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia issued a resolution on the publication of the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. In 1965, the Council of Ministers of the Armenian SSR issued a resolution on the creation of a special editorial office for this purpose.[2]

In 1967, the main editorial board of the Armenian Encyclopedia (now the

Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR Viktor Ambartsumian.[3]

The ASE was published in 1974-1987, one volume per year.[2] The chairman of the editorial board of the ASE was Viktor Ambartsumian,[1] the chief editors were Viktor Ambartsumian (volume 1), Abel Simonyan [hy] (volumes 2-4) and Makich Arzumanyan [hy] (volumes 5-13). 7200 authors participated in the creation of the ASE. It was printed by the Hakob Megapart Printing House [hy].[2]

In 2011, the state non-profit Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House, which owns the rights to the ASE, allowed its distribution under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 free license.[4][5]

Structure

The ASE consists of 12 main volumes and a supplementary volume about

Armenian SSR. It includes 38,767 articles, 15,263 images and 858 maps. The ASE was published using a special encyclopedic font created for it.[2]

Volume Year Names Articles Pages Images Maps Number of copies
1 1974 Ա-ԱՐԳԻՆԱ 3,442 720 1,294 75 100,000
2 1976 ԱՐԳԻՇՏԻ-ԳԵՂԵՐՎԱՆ 3,503 720 1,798 75 100,000
3 1977 ԳԵՂԵՑԻԿԸ-ԶՈՒՐԱԲՅԱՆ 3,509 720 1,726 53 100,000
4 1978 Է-ԽԱՂԽԱՂ 3,451 720 1,228 53 100,000
5 1979 ԽԱՂՈՂ-ԿՈՒԼԻՍՆԵՐ 3,694 720 1,326 68 100,000
6 1980 ԿՈՒԼԶՈՐ-ՁՈՒԼՈՒԿ 3,108 720 1,097 64 100,000
7 1981 ՁՈՒԼՈՒՄ-ՄՈՆՈՊԽՈՆՔ 3,250 720 1,436 46 100,000
8 1982 ՄՈՆՈՊՈԼԻԱ-ՉԵՉԵՐԵԿ 3,145 720 1,274 70 100,000
9 1983 ՉԵՉՔԱՐ-ՌՍՏԱԿԵՍ 3,185 720 1,046 60 100,000
10 1984 ՌՍՏԱՄ-ՍՍՀՄ 2,009 736 1,065 61 100,000
11 1985 ՍՈՎԵՏԱԿԱՆ-ՏԻԵԶԵՐՔ 2,970 720 958 67 100,000
12 1986 ՏԻԵՊՈԼՈ-ՖՈՒՔՍԻՆ 3,501 752 1,015 96 100,000
TOTAL (1–12) 1974–1986 Ա-ՖՈւՔՍԻՆ 38,767 8,688 15,263 858 1,200,000
13 1987 ՍՈՎԵՏԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆ 688

References

  1. ^ a b Alexander Prokhorov, ed. (2000). "Армянская советская энциклопедия" [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia]. Большой энциклопедический словарь [Great Encyclopedic Dictionary] (in Russian) (2 ed.). Moscow: Great Soviet Encyclopedia Publishing House [ru].
  2. ^
    ISBN 9785897000425
    .
  3. ISBN 9785897000425
    .
  4. PanARMENIAN.net (in Russian). Archived from the original
    on 2016-10-01.
  5. ^ "Հայկական Հանրագիտարան հրատարակչություն ՊՈԱԿ և Տեղեկատվական Տեխնոլոգիաների Դպրոց հիմնադրամի կնքված համագործակցության պայմանագիրը" [Cooperation contract between Armenian Encyclopedia & IT School] (PDF). Wikimedia Commons (in Armenian). 2011-09-30.
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