The Encyclopedia of Slovenia is a Slovene-language encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

An encyclopedia is a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge....

 that contains topics related to Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. It was published from 1987 to 2002 in 16 volumes by Mladinska knjiga in cooperation with the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts

The Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts is the national academy of Slovenia, which encompasses science and the arts and brings together the top Slovene researchers and artists as members of the academy....

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The editors of the encyclopedia were Marjan Javornik, Dušan Voglar, and Alenka Dermastia, and the editors of special topics were Rajko Pavlovec, Blaž Resman, Janez Stergar, Zdravko Mlinar, Peter Weiss, Tone Wraber, Aleš Krbavčič, and Tone Ferenc.

The first volumes were published in a print run of 30,000, but the print run was reduced to 15,000 for later volumes.

For its overall work on the Encyclopedia of Slovenia, the publisher Mladinska knjiga received the Golden Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia, the highest-ranking order awarded in Slovenia.

Volumes

1. A–Ca, 1987, xvii + 421 pages, 30,000 copies
2. Ce–Ed, 1988, xv + 416 pages, 31,000 copies
3. Eg–Hab, 1989, xv + 416 pages, 30,000 copies
4. Hac–Kare, 1990, xvii + 416 pages, 30,000 copies
5. Kari–Krei, 1991, xv + 416 pages, 22,000 copies
6. Krek–Marij, 1992, xv + 416 pages, 20,000 copies
7. Marin–Nor, 1993, xv + 416 pages, 20,000 copies
8. Nos–Pli, 1994, xvi + 416 pages, 20,000 copies ISBN 8611142691
9. Plo–Ps, 1995, xv + 416 pages, 20,000 copies ISBN 8611143450
10. Pt–Savn, 1996, xv + 416 pages, 20,000 copies ISBN 8611147928
11. Savs–Slovenska m, 1997, xv + 416 pages, 18,000 copies ISBN 8611150708
12. Slovenska n–Sz, 1998, xv + 416 pages, 18,000 copies ISBN 8611153448
13. Š–T, 1999, xv + 416 pages, 18,000 copies ISBN 8611153642
14. U–We, 2000, xv + 416 pages, 15,000 copies ISBN 8611153650
15. Wi–Ž and Chronological Overview, 2001, xv + 416 pages, 15,000 copies ISBN 8611153669
16. Additions A–Ž and Index, 2002, xv + 416 pages, 15,000 copies ISBN 8611153677