page_title: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
hierarchical_section_title: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an image of my collection of the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (also alternatively translated as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia). It includes 12 volumes (published 1974-1986) as well as a supplementary volume, Sovetakan Hayastan (Soviet Armenia, published 1987).
context_page_description: The Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia publishing house was established in 1967 as a department of the Institute of History of the Armenian Academy of Sciences under the presidency of Viktor Hambardzumyan, co-edited by Abel Simonyan and Makich Arzumanyan. In 1988–1999 the editor-in-chief was Konstantin Khudaverdyan and since 1999 Hovhannes Aivazyan. It produced the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia from 1974–1986.
  The AE publishing house also edited a children's encyclopedia, Who is it? What is it? in 4 volumes, the Russian-Armenian Polytechnical Dictionary and a Traveler's Encyclopedia. Since Armenian independence publications include titles on topics of such current-day issues such as the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian Question and the Armenian diaspora.
context_section_description: The Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia (Armenian: Հայկական սովետական հանրագիտարան, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran; ASE) publishing house was established in 1967 as a department of the Institute of History of the  Armenian Academy of Sciences under the presidency of Viktor Hambardzumyan (1908–1996), co-edited by Abel Simonyan (1922–1994) and Makich Arzumanyan (1919–1988). In 1988–1999 the editor-in-chief was Konstantin Khudaverdyan (1929–1999) and since 1999 Hovhannes Aivazyan. It produced the Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia (also rendered Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia; Armenian: Հայկական Սովետական Հանրագիտարան, Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran, Russian: Армя́нская сове́тская энциклопе́дия, Armyanskaya sovetskaya entsiklopediya АСЭ) from 1974–1986.
  The AE publishing house also edited a children's encyclopedia, Who is it? What is it? (Armenian: Ո՞վ է, Ի՞նչ է) in 4 volumes (1984–87), the Russian-Armenian Polytechnical Dictionary (1988) and a Traveler's Encyclopedia (1990). Since Armenian independence (1991) publications include titles on topics of such current-day issues such as the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Armenian Question and the Armenian diaspora.
caption: Set of all Armenian Soviet Encyclopedias published between 1974-1986.
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