Detskaya Literatura ( rus, Детская литература, r=Detskaja literatura, lit. "Children's Literature"), formerly Detgiz and DETIZDAT, is a Soviet and Russian
publishing house
Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...
for
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
. It was established on September 9, 1933 by the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
"Hymn of the Bolshevik Party"
, headquarters = 4 Staraya Square, Moscow
, general_secretary = Vladimir Lenin (first) Mikhail Gorbachev (last)
, founded =
, banned =
, founder = Vladimir Lenin
, newspaper ...
on the basis of Molodaya Gvardiya's children's imprint.
The company was initially called Detgiz ( rus, ДЕТГИЗ, Детское государственное издательство, Detskoe gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo, lit. "The State Children's Publishing House"). The company had offices in Moscow and
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. The first
chief editor
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was
Samuil Marshak
Samuil Yakovlevich Marshak (alternative spelling: Marchak) (russian: link=no, Самуил Яковлевич Маршак; 4 July 1964) was a Russian and Soviet writer of Jewish origin, translator and poet who wrote for both children and adults. ...
. In 1933 Detgiz published 168 titles. In 1937 the headquarters of Detgiz was destroyed, some employees (such as
Lydia Chukovskaya
Lydia Korneyevna Chukovskaya ( rus, Ли́дия Корне́евна Чуко́вская, p=ˈlʲidʲɪjə kɐrˈnʲejɪvnə tɕʊˈkofskəjə, a=Lidiya Kornyeyevna Chukovskaya.ru.vorb.oga; – February 7, 1996) was a Soviet writer, poet, ed ...
) were fired, others were arrested, imprisoned or executed by a firing squad.
The publisher's name was changed numerous times, from Detgiz (1933) to DETIZDAT (1936) to Detgiz again (1941) to Detskaya Literatura (1963). In 1991 the publishing house was divided into the Moscow department, called Detskaya Literatura, and the Saint Petersburg department, called Lyceum or "Lyceum: The State Republican Publishing House for Children and Youth Literature" ( rus, Государственное республиканское издательство детской и юношеской литературы „Лицей“, r=Gosudarstvennoe respublikanskoe izdatelstvo detskoj i junosheskoj literatury „Litsej“, links=no), which later became DETGIZ.
Book series
* ''My First Books'' ( rus, Мои первые книжки, Moi pervye knizhki, links=no)
* ''One Book After Another'' ( rus, Книга за книгой, Kniga za knigoj, links=no)
* ''The World Literature Library for Children and Youth'' ( rus, Библиотека мировой литературы для детей и юношества, Biblioteka mirovoj literatury dlja detej i junoshestva, links=no)
* ''School Library'' ( rus, Школьная библиотека, Shkolnaja biblioteka, links=no)
* ''Library of Adventures and Science Fiction'' ( rus, Библиотека приключений и научной фантастики, Biblioteka priklyucheniy i nauchnoy fantastiki, links=no)
* ''Learn and Know How'' ( rus, Знай и умей, Znay i umey, links=no)
* ''Library of a Pioneer'' ( rus, Библиотека пионера, Biblioteka pionera, links=no)
* ''
Library of Adventures
The Library of Adventures ( rus, Библиотека приключений, Biblioteka priklyuchenii) is a popular series of adventure novels published by Detgiz in the Soviet Union in 1955 and reprinted in 1981."What Soviet Children Read" ''
The USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
'', No. 6 (57), June 1961, p. 32. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
* ''People. Times. Ideas'' ( rus, Люди. Время. Идеи, Lyudi. Vremya. Idei, links=no)
* ''Golden Library'' ( rus, Золотая библиотека, Zolotaya biblioteka, links=no)
* ''Schoolboy's Military Library'' ( rus, Военная библиотека школьника, Voyennaya biblioteka shkol'nika, links=no)