The Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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The Great Soviet Encyclopedia was the largest and most authoritative state-sponsored reference work of the Soviet Union, presenting history, science, and culture through a Marxist-Leninist ideological lens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet publication
encyclopedia
encyclopedia edition
encyclopedia edition
encyclopedia edition
reference work
translated encyclopedia
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
describedAs authoritative Soviet reference work
largest Soviet encyclopedia
editorInChief Alexander Prokhorov
Otto Schmidt NERFINISHED
Sergey Vavilov
hasEdition The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia first edition

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia second edition

The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia third edition
hasTranslation The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia English edition
ideologicalOrientation Marxism–Leninism
surface form: Marxism-Leninism
language English
Russian
mediaType print
notableFor extensive coverage of Soviet achievements
state-controlled editorial policy
systematic ideological bias
numberOfVolumes 30
50
65
pointOfView Marxist-Leninist interpretation of history
Soviet perspective
politicalFunction ideological education
propaganda tool
publicationPeriod 1926–1947
1950–1958
1969–1978
1970s
publisher Soviet Academy of Sciences
Soviet state
replacedBy Great Russian Encyclopedia
subjectMatter biography
culture
economics
geography
history
philosophy
politics
science
technology
targetAudience Soviet citizens
academics
party officials

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Mikhail Kalinin describedBySource The Great Soviet Encyclopedia
this entity surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Nikita Khrushchev describedBySource The Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia hasEdition The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
this entity surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia first edition
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia hasEdition The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
this entity surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia second edition
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia hasEdition The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
this entity surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia third edition
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia hasTranslation The Great Soviet Encyclopedia self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia
this entity surface form: Great Soviet Encyclopedia English edition