Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia first published in 1965
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The Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia (Georgian: ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, romanized: kartuli sabch'ota entsik'lop'edia, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the Georgian language, printed in Tbilisi from 1975 to 1987,[1][2] the editor in chief of which was Irakli Abashidze.[3] The encyclopedia consists of 11 alphabetic volumes and a 12th exclusively dedicated to the Georgian SSR, printed in both Georgian and Russian.
 Book cover, vol. “Georgian SSR” | |
| Language | Georgian and Russian |
|---|---|
| Subject | General |
| Genre | Reference encyclopaedia |
| OCLC | 9959451 |
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.[4] 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.[5] The first volume (ა — ატოცი) was published in 1975.[6]
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 |