Big Soviet biography

The publication consisted of 51 volumes of 49 volumes of articles in alphabetical order, “USSR”, Y-additional, and in the year it was supplemented by an objective alphabetical pointer in 2 books. In total, the second edition contains about thousands of articles, 40 illustrations and maps. The total volume of the publication amounted to 4.9 thousand copyright sheets of the text.

For the external design of volumes, binders with relief. The circulation of each volume was - thousands of copies that an average of 3-5 times more than the first edition. A significant increase in the number of articles from 65 thousand in the first edition with a slight increase in the total volume from 4.4 thousand to 4.9 thousand copyright sheets was ensured by the appearance, along with expanded and multifaceted surveillance articles, for example, articles about the countries and sciences of a large number of medium and small articles.

The average size of the article was 2 thousand signs. The chief editors of the publication were academicians Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov Tom 1–7, and Boris Alekseevich Vvedensky Tom 8–51, - by the deputy chief editor - A. Zvorykin and L. among the editors of departments and authors of large articles leading Soviet scientists N. Anichkov, I. Bardin, A. Blagonravov, V. Vinogradov, B. Wol, A.

Grigoryev, E. Zhukov, B. Johanson, A. Kolmogorov, F. Konstantinov, O. Lepeshinskoy, A. Mikhailov, A. Oparin, K. Ostrovitanov, N. Strakhov. , S. Tolstov, E. Chudakov and others. According to the responsible editor of the publishing house “Big Russian Encyclopedia” by S. Kravts, the second edition from a scientific point of view was the best of the three publications of the BSE, the only one of them, according to which it was possible to successfully write the thesis at the university.

List of volumes 1. A - Actualism - p. Acts - Arietta - p. Arizona - Ayaccio - p. B - Berezko - s. Bereshny - Botokuda - p. Botoshani - variolite - p. Varioloid - vibrator - p. Vibrafon - Volovo - p. Vologda - Gazelle - s. Gazelle - Germany - p. Germanicus - pigeon - p. Doves - hill - p. Thunderstorm - Demos - p. Demosthenes - Docembrius - p. Dockers - Zheleznyakov - p. Iron - Earth - s.

Earth - Indians - p. Index - Eston - p. Historus - Kandy - p. Candidate - Kinescop - p. Kinesthesia - conflict - p. Collimator - cakes - p. Basket - Kukunor - p. Corn - forestry - p. Forest - Magnet - p. Magnitogorsk - Medusa - p. Medusa - Multiple - p. Multicapons - a rebellion - p. N - Nikolaev - p. Nikolai - Olonki - p. Olonkho - Panino - p. Panipat - Pechura - p.

The furnace - Politz - p. Poland - Prokambius - p. Hire - shells - p. Racovnik - "Romen" - p. Rona - Samoilovich - p. Samoilovka - Sigilles - p. Sigishoara - juices - p. Sokirki - stylospores - p. Stilton - Tatarte - p. Tatars - Toprik - p. Topsel - Removal - p. Ezi - Fidel - p. Feeder - Fourirism - p. Fuse - Tsuruga - p. Tsuruoka - Sherbot - p. Sherbruk - Elodea - p.

Elocence - Yaya - p. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - p. A - I am adding - p. The alphabetical pointer to the second edition - p. The third edition of [edit] the third edition was prepared in accordance with the Decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU of February 2 and was published by the Soviet Encyclopedia Publishing House for the period.

The publication consisted of 30 volumes of volume 24 in two books - the second, additional book "USSR". For the 3rd publication of the BSE, a new font was created-“Kudryashev Encyclopedic headset”, which has a 7th edition of the third edition, amounted to about thousands of copies that on average 8-12 times more than the first edition and 2-2.5 times more than the second.

In the year, the publication was supplemented by an alphabetical nominal index released by a circulation of 50 thousand copies. About 10 thousand specialists participated in the preparation of the publication. Many consultants of the publication - several hundred people - had academic degrees. The popularization of science is one of the main leading principles of the third edition.

In total, the third edition contains 95 articles, 29 illustrations, a portrait and color cards. Color illustrations were performed in the form of streams of deep, high or offset printing. By that 14, for the article “Lenin Vladimir Ilyich”, a flexible gramplast was attached with the recording of his speeches. The total volume of the publication compiled copyright sheets of text. The average size of the article was signs.

The publication is distinguished by a developed system of references in the articles of the encyclopedia allocated to other articles. The chief editor was academician Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov since the year. The methodological experience of the BSE was used in the preparation of the Small Soviet Encyclopedia three editions in years, other universal reference books, including the one -volume Soviet encyclopedic dictionary of four publications in years, a two -volume large encyclopedic dictionary, and contributed to the development of an encyclopedic affair in the country.