Great Russian Encyclopedia

The Great Russian Encyclopedia (GRE) (Russian: Большая российская энциклопедия or БРЭ, transliterated as Bolshaya rossiyskaya entsiklopediya or academically as Bolšaja rossijskaja enciklopedija) is a new universal Russian encyclopedia, to be completed in 35 volumes, published since 2004 by Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Entsiklopediya. It is released under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) after President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree №1156 in 2002.^[1] According to the encyclopedia editor, Sergei Leonidovich Kravets, the complete edition could be released by 2016.^[2]

The chief editor of the encyclopedia is Yury Osipov, the president of the RAS. The editorial board has more than 80 RAS members, including the Nobel Prize laureates Zhores Alferov and Vitaly Ginzburg.^[1]

The first, introductory volume, released in 2004, is dedicated to Russia. The RAS plans to publish an updated version every five years. Twenty-seven volumes were released between 2005 and 2015, covering the range from "A" to "Пустыня" (Desert).^[3]

Personnel and management

Contributors

The GRE print version has many contributors eminent in their fields, such as Nobel Laureate physicist Zhores Alferov, theoretical physicist and astrophysicist Vitaly Ginzburg.

Editorial board

Yury Osipov, a mathematician, President of RAS (1991-2013), is the GRE Editor in Chief and Chairman of the Scientific Editorial Board.

Managing editor is Sergey Kravets, journalist, editor and cultural figure.

Also in the scientific editorial board are or were:

• RAS Academics:

Sergey S. Averintsev, Eugene N. Avrorin, Sergei I. Adian, Yuri P. Altukhov, Zhores I. Alferov, Boris V. Anan'ich, Alexander F. Andreev, Leo N. Andreev, Dmitry V. Anosov, Vladimir I. Arnold, Sergey N. Bagaev, Nikolai Bahvalov, Oleg A. Bogatikov, Alexander A. Boyarchuk, Evgeny Velikhov, Vladimir A. Vinogradov, Andrei I. Vorobyov, Eric M. Galimov, Andrey V. Gaponov-Grekhov, Mikhail L. Gasparov, Vitaly L. Ginzburg, Georgy S. Golitsyn, Andrei A. Gonchar, Anatoly I. Grigoriev, Abdusalam A. Guseinov, Mikhail I. Davydov, Anatoly P. Derevyanko, Nikolai L. Dobretsov, Yuri I. Zhuravlev, Nicholas S. Zefirov, Yuri A. Zolotov, Viktor P. Ivannikov, Vadim T. Ivanov, Sergei G. Inge-Vechtomov, Alexander S. Isaev, Victor A. Kabanov, Eugene N. Kablov, Sergei P. Karpov, Lev L. Kiselev, Alex E. Kontorovich, Vladimir M. Kotlyakov, Oleg N. Krokhin, Edward P. Kruglyakov, Alexander B. Kudelin, Oleg Y. Kutafin, Nikolai P. Laverov, Viktor P. Legostaev, Nikolai P. Liakishev, Valery L. Makarov, Alexander M. Matveenko, Gennady A. Mesyats, Alexander D. Nekipelov, Alexei V. Nikolaev, Sergey P. Novikov, Yuri S. Osipov, Dmitry S. Pavlov, Alexey N. Parshin, Nikolai A. Plate, Nikolai N. Ponomarev-Steppe, Yuri V. Prokhorov, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Valery A. Rubakov, Alexander Y. Rumyantsev, Dmitry V. Rundkvist, Gennady I. Savin, Victor A. Sadovnichii, Alexander N. Skrinsky, Alexander S. Spirin, Yuri S. Stepanov, Vyacheslav S. Stepin, Michael L. Titarenko, Valery A. Tishkov, Yuri D. Tretyakov, Kliment N. Trubetskoy, Oleg H. Favorsky, Ludvig D. Faddeev, Vladimir Ye. Fortov, Konstantin V. Frolov, Yuri I. Chernov, Gorimir G. Chernii, Alexander O. Chubarian, Vitaly D. Shafranov, Sergey V. Shestakov, Dmitry V. Shirkov.

• RAS Corresponding Members:

Boris A. Babayan, Vladimir I. Vasiliev, Piama P. Gaidenko, Rudolf V. Kamelin, Michael V. Kovalchuk, Nikolai I. Lapin, Sergey S. Lappo, Alexey V. Yablokov.

• Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Academician:

Vladimir I. Fisinin.

• Russian Academy of Arts Academician:

Dmitry O. Shvidkovskiy .

• Russian Federation Statesmen:

Alexander A. Avdeev (Culture Minister in 2008-2012),

Andrei A. Fursenko (Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in 2004-2012),

Andrei A. Kokoshin (Secretary of the Russian Security Council in 1998),

Sergey E. Naryshkin (Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation in 2008-2011, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 2011),

Alexander S. Sokolov (musicologist, Culture Minister in 2004-2008),

Sergey K. Shoigu (Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in 1994-2012, Defence Minister from 2012),

Mikhail E. Shvydkoi (Culture Minister in 2000-2004),

Alexander D. Zhukov (Deputy Prime Minister in 2004-2011).

• and also:

Alexei D. Bogaturov, Sergey V. Chemezov, Vladimir V. Grigoriev, Alexei I. Komech, Vladimir A. Mau, D. L. Orlov.

Edition summary

Publication schedule and contents of volumes:

See also

• Great Soviet Encyclopedia

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "GRE in 30 volumes" (in Russian). GRE official website. 2006. Retrieved 2014-10-31. 
2. ↑ Сергей Кравец: Российская энциклопедия — это и есть мы (in Russian). Evening Moscow. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-02. 
3. ↑ "row 37 of price list, provisional" (in Russian). GRE official website. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-28. 

External links

• Official website (Russian)
• "Knowledge" website - "Great Russian Encyclopedia" based information portal (Russian)