Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia

The Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1975 to 1987, the editor in chief of which was Irakli Abashidze. The encyclopedia consists of 11 alphabetic volumes and a 12th exclusively dedicated to the Georgian SSR, printed in both Georgian and Russian.

History The concept of publishing a Georgian-language encyclopedia significantly predated the foundation of the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia publishing house, having been brought up in the magazine Tartarozi back in 1927. However, initial attempts to create a Georgian language encyclopedia were not fulfilled. Only in 1965 was an editorial board and staff of 146 put together for the development of the Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia. The first volume (ა — ატოცი) was published in 1975.

Volumes Volume Title Year of issue 1 ა — ატოცი 1975 2 ატოცობა — გარიგა 1977 3 გარიგება — ეგე 1978 4 ეგევსი — თუთა 1979 5 თუთია — კოქტეილი 1980 6 კოქტო — მინკუსი 1983 7 მინორი — პეგუ 1984 8 პედაგოგი — სამეული 1984 9 სამეურვეო — ტიხტიხი 1985 10 ტიხუანა — შინდარა 1986 11 შინდი — ჰუხი 1987 N/A საქართველოს სსრ 1981

See also Great Soviet Encyclopedia

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