Byelorussian Soviet Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
The Byelorussian Soviet Encyclopedia is the first universal encyclopaedia in the Belarusian language
in 12 volumes printed in Minsk
from 1969 to 1975.
More than five thousand authors wrote for the encyclopedia, including 125 academics and members of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR or of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and its branches. More than 85% of authors lived and worked in the Byelorussian SSR
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The fist eleven volumes contain encyclopedic articles; the twelfth was dedicated to the BSSR. The total number of articles in the encyclopedia numbered 34 409, of which about 40% devoted to Belarusian subjects.
Around 6 thousand of articles are about history, around 10 thousand, natural sciences, about 6.7 thousand, geography, around 6.8 thousand, culture, and around 7 thousand, biographies.
The twelve volumes contain 112 color inserts (1554 illustrations and 172 maps), 215 black and white inserts (3002 illustrations), and around 8 thousand illustrations and 500 maps included in the text.
Belarusian language
The Belarusian language , sometimes referred to as White Russian or White Ruthenian, is the language of the Belarusian people...
in 12 volumes printed in Minsk
Minsk
- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...
from 1969 to 1975.
More than five thousand authors wrote for the encyclopedia, including 125 academics and members of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR or of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and its branches. More than 85% of authors lived and worked in the Byelorussian SSR
Byelorussian SSR
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic was one of fifteen constituent republics of the Soviet Union. It was one of the four original founding members of the Soviet Union in 1922, together with the Ukrainian SSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR and the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
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The fist eleven volumes contain encyclopedic articles; the twelfth was dedicated to the BSSR. The total number of articles in the encyclopedia numbered 34 409, of which about 40% devoted to Belarusian subjects.
Around 6 thousand of articles are about history, around 10 thousand, natural sciences, about 6.7 thousand, geography, around 6.8 thousand, culture, and around 7 thousand, biographies.
The twelve volumes contain 112 color inserts (1554 illustrations and 172 maps), 215 black and white inserts (3002 illustrations), and around 8 thousand illustrations and 500 maps included in the text.