Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia

The Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia (Latvian: Latvijas padomju enciklopēdija) is a universal encyclopedia in Latvian in 10 volumes.

Latvian Soviet Encyclopedia

Language	Latvian and Russian
Subject	General
Genre	Reference encyclopaedia
Publisher	Galvenā enciklopēdiju redakcija
Publication date	1981–1988
Publication place	Latvian SSR, USSR

History

The main part of the encyclopaedia was published in ten volumes from 1981 to 1988. The volume 5₂, Latvian SSR, was also published in Russian. A supplement was published in 1988.

The main editor was Pēteris Jērāns, and it was printed in Riga^[1] numbering 75,000 sets.^[2]

Content

The encyclopedia contains around 60,000 articles, and includes around 20,000 illustrations and over 600 maps.^[1] It covers all branches of knowledge, with the expected ideological emphasis of publications originating in the Soviet bloc in the period.

Volumes

Vol.	Content	Year
1	A — Bh	1981
2	Bi — Dža	1982
3	Dže — Hain	1983
4	Hait — Karta	1983
51	Karte — Lauk	1984
52	Latvijas PSR	1984
6	Lauk — Monr	1985
7	Mons — Plato	1986
8	Platp — Singa	1986
9	Singo — Trien	1987
101	Tries — Žvīgu	1987
102	supplement	1988

See also

• Latvian National Encyclopedia