Советский энциклопедический словарь

Description This issue of the Soviet Encyclopedic Dictionary is the 3rd edition. Starting from the first (1979) edition of the SES, it was conceived as a universal encyclopedic one-volume book containing about 80 thousand articles arranged in alphabetical order and containing concise information on all branches of knowledge. SES has become a source of daily information on all issues that arise when reading newspapers, magazines, books, educational literature, listening to radio broadcasts, watching TV programs, etc. SES contains information from all areas of social and political life, economics, science, technology, literature and art. It contains geographical, historical and economic information about the Soviet Union, about the countries of the world, about the union and autonomous republics, territories, regions, cities of the USSR, as well as about large foreign cities. Biographies of statesmen, political and military figures, scientists, writers, artists, artists, composers of all times and peoples, twice Heroes of the Soviet Union, twice Heroes of Socialist Labor, prominent party, Soviet, economic leaders, workers and collective farmers - innovators of socialist production have been published. Not being an illustrated edition, the Dictionary nevertheless contains about 550 illustrations and diagrams explaining the text of the articles, and about 350 maps. This Dictionary has been prepared by a team of employees of the publishing house "Soviet Encyclopedia" with the involvement of a wide range of scientists and specialists.