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Great Soviet Encyclopedia

1926–1990 encyclopedia published in the Soviet Union
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Summary

Great Soviet Encyclopedia is a national encyclopedia[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of national_encyclopedia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,506 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's instance of is recorded as national encyclopedia[3].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia was published by The Great Russian Encyclopedia[4].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's genre is encyclopedia[5].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia was followed by Great Russian Encyclopedia[6].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's place of publication is recorded as Moscow[7].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's Commons category is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[9].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's country of origin is recorded as Soviet Union[10].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's has edition or translation is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's has edition or translation is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1950–1958)[12].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's has edition or translation is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[13].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's has edition or translation is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia, ed. Greek[14].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's has edition or translation is recorded as GSE 1st edition Additional print[15].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's has edition or translation is recorded as GSE 1st edition Main print[16].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Great Soviet Encyclopedia[17].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's main subject is general knowledge[18].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[19].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's topic has template is recorded as Template:GSEncyclopedia[20].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's topic has template is recorded as Template:GSEn[21].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Большая советская энциклопедия'}[22].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's copyright status is recorded as public domain[23].
  • Great Soviet Encyclopedia's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[24].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Great Soviet Encyclopedia was published by The Great Russian Encyclopedia[4].

Publication

Great Soviet Encyclopedia's place of publication is recorded as Moscow[7]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Russian[9]. Its genre is encyclopedia[5].

Subject and Themes

Great Soviet Encyclopedia's main subject is general knowledge[18].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Great Soviet Encyclopedia was followed by Great Russian Encyclopedia[6].

Why It Matters

Great Soviet Encyclopedia ranks in the top 5% of national_encyclopedia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,506 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Alexander Prokhorov encyclopedia Otto Schmidt public domain Sergey Vavilov

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Soviet Union
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cu', 'da', 'de', 'el', '
    Described by source → Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)
    Main subject → general knowledge
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