The Armenian Encyclopedia publishing house

Armenian printing

After the invention of the mechanical printing press by Johannes Gutenberg in Germany , Armenians from throughout the diaspora began to publish Armenian-language books. The first book which had Armenian letters was published in Mainz in 1486...

 was established in 1967 as a department of the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences

Armenian Academy of Sciences

The Armenian Academy of Sciences is the primary body that conducts research in and coordinates activities in the fields of science and social sciences in the Republic of Armenia. It was founded on November 29, 1943...

 under the presidency of Viktor Hambardzumyan

Viktor Hambardzumyan

Viktor Hambardzumyan was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellar systems and cosmogony of stars and galaxies, contributed to Mathematical physics...

 (1908–1996), co-edited by Abel Simonyan (1922–1994) and Makich Arzumanyan (1919–1988). In 1988-1999 the editor-in-chief was Konstantin Khudaverdyan

Konstantin Khudaverdyan

Konstantin Sureni Khudaverdyan was an Armenian historian, Doctor of History, Professor , academic of the International Academy of Sciences of Nature and Society. From 1988 to 1999 he was the editor-in-chief of Armenian Encyclopedia.-Biography:Khudaverdyan finished the Yerevan State University in...

 (1929–1999) and since 1999 Hovhannes Aivazyan. It produced the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (also rendered Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia; , , , ) from 1974-1986.

The AE publishing house also edited a children's encyclopedia, Who is it? What is it? , in 4 volumes (1984–87), the Russian-Armenian Polytechnical Dictionary (1988) and a "Traveler's Encyclopedia" (1990). Since Armenian independence (1991) publications include titles on topics of such current-day issues such as the Nagorno-Karabakh War

Nagorno-Karabakh War

The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan...

, the Armenian Question

Armenian Question

The term "Armenian Question" as used in European history, became common place among diplomatic circles and in the popular press after the Congress of Berlin; that in like Eastern Question, refers to powers of Europe's involvement to the Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire beginning with the...

 and the Armenian diaspora

Armenian diaspora

The Armenian diaspora refers to the Armenian communities outside the Republic of Armenia and self proclaimed de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic...

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Series

Name	Year	Volumes
"Armenian Concise Encyclopedia"	1990–2003	4
A children's encyclopedia "Voskeporik" (Golden Belly)	1993–1999	3
"The Armenian Question Armenian Question The term "Armenian Question" as used in European history, became common place among diplomatic circles and in the popular press after the Congress of Berlin; that in like Eastern Question, refers to powers of Europe's involvement to the Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire beginning with the... "	1996	1
"Armenian Diaspora Armenian diaspora The Armenian diaspora refers to the Armenian communities outside the Republic of Armenia and self proclaimed de facto independent Nagorno-Karabakh Republic...  Organisations"	2001	1
"The Armenian Church. Hierarchical Sees and Dioceses"	2001	1
"Christian Armenia" encyclopedia	2002	1
"The War of Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh War The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan... . 1988-1994"	2005	1
"Family Encyclopedia Series"	1997-	3

Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia

The first volume of the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (SAE) appeared in 1974, and the first edition in 13 volumes was complete by 1987. The SAE includes 38,767 articles, 15,263 images and 858 maps and over 100,000 copies have been printed.

Volume	Year	Names	Articles	Pages	Images	Maps	Number of copies
1	1974	Ա-ԱՐԳԻՆԱ	3,442	720	1,294	75	100,000
2	1976	ԱՐԳԻՇՏԻ-ԵՂԵՐՎԱՆ	3,503	720	1,798	75	100,000
3	1977	ԳԵՂԵՑԻԿԸ-ԶՈՒՐԱԲՅԱՆ	3,509	720	1,726	53	100,000
4	1978	Է-ԽԱՂԽԱՂ	3,451	720	1,228	53	100,000
5	1979	ԽԱՂՈՂ-ԿՈՒԼԻՍՆԵՐ	3,694	720	1,326	68	100,000
6	1980	ԿՈՒԼԶՈՐ-ՁՈՒԼՈՒԿ	3,108	720	1,097	64	100,000
7	1981	ՁՈՒԼՈՒՄ-ՄՈՆՈՊԽՈՆՔ	3,250	720	1,436	46	100,000
8	1982	ՄՈՆՈՊՈԼԻԱ-ՉԵՉԵՐԵԿ	3,145	720	1,274	70	100,000
9	1983	ՉԵՉՔԱՐ-ՌՍՏԱԿԵՍ	3,185	720	1,046	60	100,000
10	1984	ՌՍՏԱՄ-ՍՍՀՄ	2,009	736	1,065	61	100,000
11	1985	ՍՈՎԵՏԱԿԱՆ-ՏԻԵԶԵՐՔ	2,970	720	958	67	100,000
12	1986	ՏԻԵՊՈԼՈ-ՖՈՒՔՍԻՆ	3,501	752	1,015	96	100,000
TOTAL (1-12)	1974-1986	Ա-ՖՈւՔՍԻՆ	36,767	8,688	15,263	858	1,200,000
13	1987	ՍՈՎԵՏԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆ