Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
The Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (Armenian: Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran; ASE) publishing house was established in 1967 as a department of the Institute of History of the Armenian Academy of Sciences under the presidency of Viktor Hambardzumyan (1908–1996), co-edited by Abel Simonyan (1922–1994) and Makich Arzumanyan (1919–1988). In 1988–1999 the editor-in-chief was Konstantin Khudaverdyan (1929–1999) and since 1999 Hovhannes Aivazyan. It produced the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (also rendered Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia; Armenian: Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran, Russian: Армя́нская сове́тская энциклопе́дия, Armyanskaya sovetskaya entsiklopediya АСЭ) from 1974–1986.
The AE publishing house also edited a children's encyclopedia, Who is it? What is it? (Armenian: Ո՞վ է, Ի՞նչ է) 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, the Armenian Question and the Armenian diaspora.
Series
| Name | Year | Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian Concise Encyclopedia | 1990–2003 | 4 |
| A children's encyclopedia Voskeporik (Golden Belly) | 1993–1999 | 3 |
| The Armenian Question | 1996 | 1 |
| Armenian Diaspora Organisations | 2001 | 1 |
| The Armenian Church. Hierarchical Sees and Dioceses | 2001 | 1 |
| Christian Armenia Encyclopedia | 2002 | 1 |
| The War of Karabakh. 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-ԳԵՂԵՐՎԱՆ | 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 | |||||