Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (also rendered Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia; Armenian: Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran; ASE) is the first general encyclopedia in Armenian language. It was published in 1974-1987 by the main editorial office of the Armenian Encyclopedia.[1] It consists of 12+1 volumes, published under the direction of the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR Viktor Ambartsumian. In 2011, it was licensed under the Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 free license.
 Set of all Armenian Soviet Encyclopedias published between 1974-1986 | |
| Language | Armenian |
|---|---|
| Subject | General |
| Genre | Reference encyclopaedia |
| Publisher | Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House |
Publication date | 1974-1987 |
| Publication place | |
Although it reflected the government's Marxist–Leninist viewpoint, is in the most comprehensive encyclopedia in the Armenian language to this day. Each volume was published in 100,000 copies.[2]
History
editIn 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.[3]
In 1967, the main editorial board of the Armenian Encyclopedia (now the Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House) was established. It was created under the auspices of the President of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR Viktor Ambartsumian.[4]
The ASE was published in 1974-1987, one volume per year.[3] The chairman of the editorial board of the ASE was Viktor Ambartsumian,[1] the chief editors were Viktor Ambartsumian (volume 1), Abel Simonyan (volumes 2-4) and Makich Arzumanyan (volumes 5-13). 7200 authors participated in the creation of the ASE. It was printed by the Hakob Megapart Printing House.[3]
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.[5][6]
Structure
editThe 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.[3]
| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Ayvazian, Hovhannes (2013). "Հանրագիտարանը եւ մենք՝ հայերս [Encyclopedia and the Armenians]". Etchmiadzin (in Armenian). 69 (3): 140–141.
- ^ a b c d Hovhannes Ayvazyan [in Armenian], ed. (2015). "Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան" [Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia] (PDF). Հայ գրատպություն և գրքարվեստ հանրագիտարանից [Armenian Bookprinting and Book Art Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House. pp. 580–581. ISBN 9785897000425.
- ^ Hovhannes Ayvazyan [in Armenian], ed. (2015). "Հայկական հանրագիտարան. հրատարակչություն" [Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House] (PDF). Հայ գրատպություն և գրքարվեստ հանրագիտարանից [Armenian Bookprinting and Book Art Encyclopedia] (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian Encyclopedia Publishing House. p. 579. ISBN 9785897000425.
- ^ "Википедия будет дополнена оцифрованными материалами из Армянской советской энциклопедии" [Wikipedia will be supplemented with digitized materials from the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia]. PanARMENIAN.net (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2016-10-01.
- ^ "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.