The Encyclopedia of Yugoslavia (Serbo-Croatian: Enciklopedija Jugoslavije) was the national encyclopedia of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was published by the Yugoslav Lexicographical Institute under the direction of Miroslav Krleža. It is of value to anyone interested in the history and culture of Yugoslavia and its successor states.
Contents |
The first edition consists of 8 volumes, issued from 1955 to 1971. It was printed in 30,000 copies.
| Article span | Year of publishing |
Number of pages |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A-Bosk | 1955 | 708 |
| 2 | Bosna-Dio | 1956 | 716 |
| 3 | Dip-Hiđ | 1958 | 686 |
| 4 | Hil-Jugos | 1960 | 651 |
| 5 | Jugos-Mak | 1962 | 690 |
| 6 | Maklj-Put | 1965 | 562 |
| 7 | R-Srbija | 1968 | 688 |
| 8 | Srbija-Ž | 1971 | 654 |
Work on the second edition started in 1980, but was not finished due to the Yugoslav wars. Only 6 of 12 planned volumes appeared.
| Article span | Year of publishing |
Number of pages |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A-Biz | 1980 | 767 |
| 2 | Bje-Crn | 1982 | 776 |
| 3 | Crn-Đ | 1984 | 750 |
| 4 | E-Hrv | 1986 | 748 |
| 5 | Hrv-Janj | 1988 | 776 |
| 6 | Jap-Kat | 1990 | 731 |
The main Croatian language edition has been translated into 5 additional language-alphabet combinations:
| Language / Alphabet | First volume published in |
Volumes published |
|---|---|---|
| Serbo-Croatian / Cyrillic | 1983 | 2 |
| Slovenian | 1983 | 4 |
| Macedonian | 1984 | 2 |
| Albanian | 1984 | 2 |
| Hungarian | 1985 | 1 |
The Macedonian and Albanian variants were the first encyclopedias published in the respective languages.