Great Russian Encyclopedia
Encyclopedia
The Great Russian Encyclopedia is a new universal Russia
n encyclopedia
in 30 volumes, published since 2004 by Bolšaja Rossijskaja Enciklopedija publisher. It is released under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences
(RAS) after 2002 Vladimir Putin
's presidential decree № 1156.
The chief editor of GRE is the RAS President Yury Osipov
. Editorial board features 80 RAS members, including Nobel Prize
laureates Zhores Alferov and Vitaly Ginzburg
.
The first, introductory volume, released in 2004 is dedicated to Russia
, it is planned to re-release each five years. There were 18 volumes released between 2005 and 2011, covering the range from "A" to "Манизер" (Manizer).
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n 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....
in 30 volumes, published since 2004 by Bolšaja Rossijskaja Enciklopedija publisher. It is released under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia and a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation as well as auxiliary scientific and social units like libraries, publishers and hospitals....
(RAS) after 2002 Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
's presidential decree № 1156.
The chief editor of GRE is the RAS President Yury Osipov
Yury Osipov
Yury Sergeevich Osipov is a Soviet and Russian mathematician. He is a full member and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.- Biography :...
. Editorial board features 80 RAS members, including Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureates Zhores Alferov and Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Ginzburg
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg ForMemRS was a Soviet theoretical physicist, astrophysicist, Nobel laureate, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and one of the fathers of Soviet hydrogen bomb...
.
The first, introductory volume, released in 2004 is dedicated to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, it is planned to re-release each five years. There were 18 volumes released between 2005 and 2011, covering the range from "A" to "Манизер" (Manizer).