Great Russian Encyclopedia#Electronic version

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| editor = Yury Osipov (editor-in-chief)

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| country = Russia

| language = Russian

| subject = General

| genre = Reference encyclopaedia

| publisher = Great Russian Encyclopedia

| release_date = 2004—2017

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| pages = Volume "Russia" – 1008, other volumes – on average 768

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The Great Russian Encyclopedia (GRE; {{langx|ru|Большая российская энциклопедия}}, БРЭ, transliterated as Bolshaya rossiyskaya entsiklopediya or academically as Bol'šaja rossijskaja ènciklopedija) is a universal Russian encyclopedia, completed in 36 volumes, published between 2004 and 2017 by Great Russian Encyclopedia, JSC ({{langx|ru|Большая российская энциклопедия ПАО}}, transliterated as Bolshaya rossiyskaya entsiklopediya PAO). A successor to the Great Soviet Encyclopedia, it was released under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) after President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree №1156 in 2002.{{cite web

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The chief editor of the encyclopedia was Yury Osipov, the president of the RAS. The editorial board had more than 80 RAS members.

The first, introductory volume, released in 2004, was dedicated to Russia. Thirty-five volumes were released between 2005 and 2017, covering the range from "A" to "Яя" (Yaya).{{cite web

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}} The RAS plans to publish an updated version every five years, although it may not be issued in print after the first edition.

On 17 June 2024 the project was suspended due to discontinued funding from the Russian government and by October 2024, its materials are being transferred to Ruwiki.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-14 |title=Большая российская энциклопедия приостановила работу на неопределенный срок |url=https://www.mk.ru/social/2024/06/14/bolshaya-rossiyskaya-enciklopediya-priostanovila-rabotu-na-neopredelennyy-srok.html |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.mk.ru |language=ru |archive-date=2024-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616044109/https://www.mk.ru/social/2024/06/14/bolshaya-rossiyskaya-enciklopediya-priostanovila-rabotu-na-neopredelennyy-srok.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/07/17/the-death-of-the-wikipedia-killer|title=The death of the 'Wikipedia killer'|date=17 July 2024|access-date=20 October 2024|work=Meduza}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-04 |title=В Большую энциклопедию перестают вписывать деньги |url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/7212429 |access-date=2024-11-30 |website=Коммерсантъ |language=ru}}

Personnel and management

=Editorial board=

Yury Osipov, a mathematician, President of RAS (1991-2013), is the GRE Editor in Chief and Chairman of the Scientific Editorial Board.{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____1_-_33/____1_-_1_20130306_1233986972.png |title=Title page of BDT Volume 1 |access-date=2022-03-17 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023557/http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____1_-_33/____1_-_1_20130306_1233986972.png |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____21__-__64/____21__-__1_20130226_1360292311.jpg |title=Title page of BDT volume 21 |access-date=2022-03-17 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023600/http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____21__-__64/____21__-__1_20130226_1360292311.jpg |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____23___-__84/23__1_20140227_1337047892.png |title=Title page of BDT volume 23 |access-date=2022-03-17 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023603/http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____23___-__84/23__1_20140227_1337047892.png |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____27__-__90/bre-tom27_forz-full_1_20150303_1626141600.png |title=Title page of BDT Volume 27 |access-date=2022-03-17 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023606/http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____27__-__90/bre-tom27_forz-full_1_20150303_1626141600.png |url-status=dead }}[https://archive.today/20160606093821/http://www.greatbook.ru/images/joomgallery/originals/___2/____30_-__1679_-___93/bre-tom30_forz-full_1_20160129_1909264985.png Title page of BDT Volume 30]

Managing editor is {{interlanguage link|Sergey Kravets|ru|Кравец, Сергей Леонидович}}, 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,

{{interlanguage link|Yuri P. Altukhov|ru|Алтухов, Юрий Петрович}},

Zhores I. Alferov,

{{interlanguage link|Boris V. Anan'ich|ru|Ананьич, Борис Васильевич}},

Alexander F. Andreev,

{{interlanguage link|Leo N. Andreev|ru|Андреев, Лев Николаевич}},

Dmitry V. Anosov,

Vladimir I. Arnold,

{{interlanguage link|Sergey N. Bagaev|ru|Багаев, Сергей Николаевич}},

Nikolai Bahvalov,

{{interlanguage link|Oleg A. Bogatikov|ru|Богатиков, Олег Алексеевич}},

Alexander A. Boyarchuk,

Evgeny Velikhov,

{{interlanguage link|Vladimir A. Vinogradov|ru|Виноградов, Владимир Алексеевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Andrei I. Vorobyov|ru|Воробьёв, Андрей Иванович}},

Eric M. Galimov,

{{interlanguage link|Andrey V. Gaponov-Grekhov|ru|Гапонов-Грехов, Андрей Викторович}},

Mikhail L. Gasparov,

Vitaly L. Ginzburg,

Georgy S. Golitsyn,

{{interlanguage link|Andrei A. Gonchar|ru|Гончар, Андрей Александрович}},

{{interlanguage link|Anatoly I. Grigoriev|ru|Григорьев, Анатолий Иванович (учёный)}},

{{interlanguage link|Abdusalam A. Guseinov|ru|Гусейнов, Абдусалам Абдулкеримович}},

{{interlanguage link|Mikhail I. Davydov|ru|Давыдов, Михаил Иванович}},

{{interlanguage link|Anatoly P. Derevyanko|ru|Деревянко, Анатолий Пантелеевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Nikolai L. Dobretsov|ru|Добрецов, Николай Леонтьевич}},

Yuri I. Zhuravlev,

{{interlanguage link|Nicholas S. Zefirov|ru|Зефиров, Николай Серафимович}},

{{interlanguage link|Yuri A. Zolotov|ru|Золотов, Юрий Александрович}},

Viktor P. Ivannikov,

{{interlanguage link|Vadim T. Ivanov|ru|Иванов, Вадим Тихонович}},

{{interlanguage link|Sergei G. Inge-Vechtomov|ru|Инге-Вечтомов, Сергей Георгиевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Alexander S. Isaev|ru|Исаев, Александр Сергеевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Victor A. Kabanov|ru|Кабанов, Виктор Александрович}},

{{interlanguage link|Eugene N. Kablov|ru|Каблов, Евгений Николаевич}},

Sergei P. Karpov,

{{interlanguage link|Lev L. Kiselev|ru|Киселёв, Лев Львович}},

{{interlanguage link|Alex E. Kontorovich|ru|Конторович, Алексей Эмильевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Vladimir M. Kotlyakov|ru|Котляков, Владимир Михайлович}},

{{interlanguage link|Oleg N. Krokhin|ru|Крохин, Олег Николаевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Edward P. Kruglyakov|ru|Кругляков, Эдуард Павлович}},

{{interlanguage link|Alexander B. Kudelin|ru|Куделин, Александр Борисович}},

{{interlanguage link|Oleg Y. Kutafin|ru|Кутафин, Олег Емельянович}},

{{interlanguage link|Nikolai P. Laverov|ru|Лавёров, Николай Павлович}},

{{interlanguage link|Viktor P. Legostaev|ru|Легостаев, Виктор Павлович}},

{{interlanguage link|Nikolai P. Liakishev|ru|Лякишев, Николай Павлович}},

{{interlanguage link|Valery L. Makarov|ru|Макаров, Валерий Леонидович}},

{{interlanguage link|Alexander M. Matveenko|ru|Матвеенко, Александр Макарович}},

Gennady A. Mesyats,

{{interlanguage link|Alexander D. Nekipelov|ru|Некипелов, Александр Дмитриевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Alexei V. Nikolaev|ru|Николаев, Алексей Всеволодович}},

Sergey P. Novikov,

Yuri S. Osipov,

{{interlanguage link|Dmitry S. Pavlov|ru|Павлов, Дмитрий Сергеевич (биолог)}},

{{interlanguage link|Alexey N. Parshin|ru|Паршин, Алексей Николаевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Nikolai A. Plate|ru|Платэ, Николай Альфредович}},

{{interlanguage link|Nikolai N. Ponomarev-Steppe|ru|Пономарёв-Степной, Николай Николаевич}},

Yuri V. Prokhorov,

{{interlanguage link|Alexei Y. Rozanov|ru|Розанов, Алексей Юрьевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Valery A. Rubakov|ru|Рубаков, Валерий Анатольевич}},

Alexander Y. Rumyantsev,

{{interlanguage link|Dmitry V. Rundkvist|ru|Рундквист, Дмитрий Васильевич}},

{{interlanguage link|Gennady I. Savin|ru|Савин, Геннадий Иванович}},

Victor A. Sadovnichii,

{{interlanguage link|Alexander N. Skrinsky|ru|Скринский, Александр Николаевич}},

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:

:Aleksandr A. Avdeyev (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, Defense 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:

class="wikitable" ! Vol.	Title (translit - translation)	Publication year	ISBN	pages
-	Россия (Rossija - Russia)	2004	{{ISBN\|5-85270-326-5}}	1008
1	A (A) Анкетирование (Anketirovanie - Questionnaires)	2005	{{ISBN\|5-85270-329-X}}	766
2	Анкилоз (Ankiloz - Ankylosis) Банка (Banka – Ocean bank)	2005	{{ISBN\|5-85270-330-3}}	766
3	«Банкетная кампания» 1904 («Banketnaja kampanija» 1904 - Banquet Campaign of 1904) Большой Иргиз (Bol'shoj Irgiz)	2005	{{ISBN\|5-85270-331-1}}	766
4	Большой Кавказ (Bol'shoj Kavkaz - Greater Caucasus) Великий канал (Velikij kanal - Great Channel)	2006	{{ISBN\|5-85270-333-8}}	766
5	Великий князь (Velikij knjaz' – The Grand Duke) Восходящий узел орбиты (Voshodjashchij uzel orbity - ascending node of the orbit)	2006	{{ISBN\|5-85270-334-6}}	786
6	Восьмеричный путь (Vos'merichnyj put' - Eightfold Path) Германцы (Germancy - Germanic peoples)	2006	{{ISBN\|5-85270-335-4}}	768
7	Гермафродит (Germafrodit – Hermaphrodite) Григорьев (Grigor'ev - Grigoriev)	2007	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-337-8}}	767
8	Григорьев (Grigor'ev - Grigoriev) Динамика (Dinamika - Dynamics)	2007	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-338-5}}	767
9	Динамика атмосферы (Dinamika atmosfery - Dynamics of the atmosphere) Железнодорожный узел (Zheleznodorozhnyj uzel - Railway junction)	2007	{{ISBN\|978-585270-339-2}}	767
10	Железное дерево (Zheleznoe derevo - Iron Tree) Излучение (Izluchenie - Radiation)	2008	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-341-5}}	767
11	Излучение плазмы (Izluchenie plazmy - Radiation plasma) Исламский фронт спасения (Islamskij front spasenija - the Islamic Salvation Front)	2008	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-342-2}}	767
12	Исландия (Islandija - Iceland) Канцеляризмы (Kanceljarizmy - Officialese)	2008	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-343-9}}	767
13	Канцелярия конфискации (Kanceljarija konfiskacii - Chancery of Confiscation) Киргизы (Kirgizy - Kirghiz)	2009	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-344-6}}	783
14	Киреев (Kireev - Kireyev) Конго (Kongo - Congo)	2009	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-345-3}}	751
15	Конго (Kongo - Congo) Крещение (Kreshchenie - Baptism)	2010	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-346-0}}	767
16	Крещение Господне (Kreshchenie Gospodne - Epiphany) Ласточковые (Lastochkovye - Hirundinidae)	2010	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-347-7}}	751
17	Лас-Тунас (Las-Tunas - Las Tunas) Ломонос (Lomonos - Clematis)	2011	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-350-7}}	751
18	Ломоносов (Lomonosov - Lomonosov) Манизер (Manizer - Manizer)	2011	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-351-4}}	768
19	Маниковский (Manikovskij - Iznikovsky) Меотида (Meotida - Maeotias)	2012	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-353-8}}	768
20	Меотская археологическая культура (Meotskaja arheologicheskaja kul'tura - Meotian archaeological culture) Монголо-татарское нашествие (Mongolo-tatarskoe nashestvie - Mongol-Tatar invasion)	2012	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-354-5}}	768
21	Монголы (Mongoly - Mongols) Наноматериалы (Nanomaterialy - Nanomaterials)	2013	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-355-2}}	768
22	Нанонаука (Nanonauka - Nanoscience) Николай Кавасила (Nikolaj Kavasila - Nicholas Kabasilas)	2013	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-358-3}}	767
23	Николай Кузанский (Nikolaj Kuzanskij - Nicholas of Cusa) Океан (Okean - Ocean)	2013	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-360-6}}	767
24	Океанариум (Okeanarium - Oceanarium) Оясио (Ojasio - Oyashio)	2014	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-361-3}}	767[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/8710/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 24. Oceanarium - Oyashio] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113150238/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/8710/ \|date=2017-01-13 }} (in Russian).
25	П (P - П) Пертур (Pertur - Perturbation)	2014	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-362-0}}	765[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/31677/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 25. P - Perturbation] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170920/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/31677/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
26	Перу (Peru - Peru) Полуприцеп (Polupritsep - Semitrailer)	2014	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-363-7}}	767[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/24147/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 26. Peru - Semitrailer] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170119/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/24147/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
27	Полупроводники (Poluprovodniki - Semiconductors) Пустыня (Pustynya - Desert)	2014	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-364-4}}	767[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/40657/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 27. Semiconductors - Desert] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170917/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/40657/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
28	Пустырник (Pustyrnik - Motherwort) Румчерод (Rumcherod - Rumcherod)	2015	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-365-1}}	767[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/49465/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 28. Motherwort - Rumcherod] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170252/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/49465/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
29	Румыния (Rumyniya - Romania) Сен-Жан-де-Люз (Sen-Zhan-de-Lyuz - Saint-Jean-de-Luz)	2015	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-366-8}}	767[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/49464/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 29. Romania - Saint-Jean-de-Luz] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170116/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/49464/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
30	Сен-Жерменский мир 1679 (Sen-Zhermenskiy mir 1679 - Saint-Germain Treaty 1679) Социальное обеспечение (Sotsial'noye obespecheniye - Social security)	2016	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-367-5}}	767[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/65396/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 30. Saint-Germain World 1679 - Social Security] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170923/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/65396/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
31	Социальное партнёрство (Sotsial'noye partnyorstvo - Social partnership) Телевидение (Televideniye - Television)	2016	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-368-2}}	768[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/68145/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 31. Social partnership - Television] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202170532/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/68145/ \|date=2016-12-02 }} (in Russian).
32	Телевизионная башня (Televizionnaya bashnya - Television tower) Улан-Батор (Ulan-Bator - Ulaanbaatar)	2016	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-369-9}}	768[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/68835/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 32. TV Tower - Ulaanbaatar] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113150324/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/68835/ \|date=2017-01-13 }} (in Russian).
33	Уланд (Uland - Uhland) Хватцев (Khvatsev - Khvatsev)	2017	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-370-5}}	799[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/71430/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 33. Uhland-Khvatsev] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011054/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/71430/ \|date=2017-11-07 }} (in Russian).
34	Хвойка (Khvoyka - Khvoyka) Шервинский (Shervinsky - Shervinsky)	2017	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-372-9}}	799[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/8100/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 34. Khvoyka-Shervinsky] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117012004/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/8100/ \|date=2018-01-17 }} (in Russian).
35	Шервуд (Shervud - Sherwood) Яя (Yaya - Yaya)	2017	{{ISBN\|978-5-85270-373-6}}	799[http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/2943/ Great Russian Encyclopedia. Volume 35. Uhland-Khvatsev] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116193418/http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/2943/ \|date=2018-01-16 }} (in Russian).

Electronic version

In 2022, an electronic version, {{ill|Great Russian Encyclopedia (portal)|ru|Большая российская энциклопедия (портал)}} was launched at {{URL|bigenc.ru}}, described as a Russian government alternative to Wikipedia.{{Cite web |date=2019-11-21 |title=Russian alternative to Wikipedia to be fully launched by summer of 2022, says publisher |url=https://tass.com/society/1091455 |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=tass.com |archive-date=2023-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201171914/https://tass.com/society/1091455 |url-status=live }} Some assumed that this will be associated with blocking Wikipedia or competing with it, however Russian officials disavowed this claim.{{Cite web |url=https://ria.ru/20191108/1560715571.html |title=Песков заявил, что о запрете доступа к "Википедии" речь не идет |work=РИА Новости |date=8 November 2019 |access-date=2024-01-22 |archive-date=2019-12-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216053244/https://ria.ru/20191108/1560715571.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://rg.ru/2019/09/26/kravec-bolshaia-rossijskaia-enciklopediia-ne-sorevnuetsia-s-vikipediej.html |title=Кравец: Большая Российская энциклопедия не соревнуется с "Википедией" |date=26 September 2019 |access-date=2024-01-22 |archive-date=2021-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517081118/https://rg.ru/2019/09/26/kravec-bolshaia-rossijskaia-enciklopediia-ne-sorevnuetsia-s-vikipediej.html |url-status=live }}

Criticism

While it was widely recognized that the Great Soviet Encyclopedia needed a replacement, the need for a print encyclopedia has been questioned, since many other analogues have now moved online, such as the Encyclopædia Britannica and the Brockhaus Enzyklopädie.{{Cite news |last=Weir |first=Fred |date=23 March 2017 |title=Russia set to unveil the world's newest print encyclopedia – and its last? |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/0323/Russia-set-to-unveil-the-world-s-newest-print-encyclopedia-and-its-last |access-date= |work=The Christian Science Monitor |issn=}}

Critics complain that many of the biographies, historical entries, and cultural articles are narrow and biased: according to writer and literary critic {{ill|Nikolai Podosokorsky|ru|Подосокорский, Николай Николаевич}}, several of the articles are "quite superficial" and "the lists of references at the end were often extremely biased". While admitting that some of the articles in the encyclopedia were "excellent", Podosokorsky still stated that he maintained a generally negative view of the project.

References

External links

{{official website|http://greatbook.ru}} {{in lang|ru}}
[https://bigenc.ru/ Online portal] {{in lang|ru}}

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