Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia

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LanguageLatvian and Russian
SubjectGeneral
GenreReference encyclopaedia
PublisherGalvenā enciklopēdiju redakcija
Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia
LanguageLatvian and Russian
SubjectGeneral
GenreReference encyclopaedia
PublisherGalvenā enciklopēdiju redakcija
Publication date
1981–1988
Publication placeLatvian SSR, USSR

The Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia (Latvian: Latvijas padomju enciklopēdija) is a universal encyclopedia in Latvian in 10 volumes.

The main part of the encyclopaedia was published in ten volumes from 1981 to 1988. The volume 52, Latvian SSR, was also published in Russian. A supplement was published in 1988.

The main editor was Pēteris Jērāns, and it was printed in Riga[1] numbering 75,000 sets.[2]

Content

The encyclopedia contains around 60,000 articles, and includes around 20,000 illustrations and over 600 maps.[1] It covers all branches of knowledge, with the expected ideological emphasis of publications originating in the Soviet bloc in the period.

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