The Great Soviet Encyclopedia was the largest Russian-language encyclopedia and the main reference work of the Soviet Union, published in three successive editions. Its articles combined scholarly information with the ideology of the Communist Party, so that entries on history, philosophy and politics were shaped by the official line of the day. It was edited at first by Otto Schmidt, a mathematician and polar explorer. When figures fell from favour, subscribers were sent replacement pages to paste over their entries, a well-known case being the article on Lavrentiy Beria after his arrest in 1953. Much of the third edition was translated into English, and after the end of the Soviet Union its role was taken over by the Great Russian Encyclopedia.
Before and after
- from 1926 to 1928Northern Expedition
- 1926Founding of ACF Fiorentina
- 1926Construction of Park Güell
- 1926Construction of Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- 1926Publication of Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- 1926Establishment of Kruger National Park
- 1926Founding of SSC Napoli
- 1926Founding of Mercedes-Benz
- 1926Founding of Lufthansa
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1916Construction of Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
- 18 July 1925Publication of Mein Kampf
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 4 July 1930Origins of Nation of Islam
- 1932Rise of socialist realism
- 1934Publication of March of the Volunteers
The era
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