The ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'' ( ka, ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the
Georgian language
Georgian (, , ) is the most widely-spoken Kartvelian language, and serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages. It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 87.6% of its p ...
, printed in
Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the Capital city, capital and the List of cities and towns in Georgia (country), largest city of Georgia (country), Georgia, lying on the ...
from 1965, the editor in chief of which was
Irakli Abashidze Irakli Abashidze ( ka, ირაკლი აბაშიძე) (10 September 1909 – 14 January 1992) was a Georgian poet, literary scholar and politician.
Abashidze was born in Khoni, Kutais Governorate, Russian Empire. He graduated from Tbili ...
. The encyclopedia consists of 11 alphabetic volumes and a 12th exclusively dedicated to the
Georgian SSR
The Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (Georgian SSR; ka, საქართველოს საბჭოთა სოციალისტური რესპუბლიკა, tr; russian: Грузинская Советская Соц ...
, printed in both Georgian and Russian.
Sources
* R. Metreveli, ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'', X, p. 483, Tbilisi, 1986
See also
* ''
Great Soviet Encyclopedia
The ''Great Soviet Encyclopedia'' (GSE; ) is one of the largest Russian-language encyclopedias, published in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1990. After 2002, the encyclopedia's data was partially included into the later ''Bolshaya rossiyskaya e ...
''
National Soviet encyclopedias
Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
Georgian-language encyclopedias
20th-century encyclopedias
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