Иллюстрированный энциклопедический словарь Ф. Брокгауза и И. Ефрона

"The Encyclopedic Dictionary of F. Brockhaus and I. Efron" is considered to be the best reference book in Russia. More than 100 years have passed since its first release, it has been supplemented and improved many times. Extensive information on the history of civilization and culture, unique facts and statistics, numerous biographical details have made this publication indispensable for every educated person.
The purpose of the new edition is to preserve the spirit and content of the original dictionary and emphasize them with historically correct pictorial solutions. The rich illustrative material not only serves as an excellent decoration for this brilliant encyclopedic reference book, but also reproduces the realities described in it in the most reliable way. About all this and not only in the book The Encyclopedic Dictionary of F. Brockhaus and I. Efron is considered to be the best reference book in Russia'' - publisher's note.