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Khudozhestvennaya Literatura (russian: Художественная литература) is a

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. The name means "

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literature" in Russian. It specializes in the publishing of Russian and foreign works of literary fiction in Russia.

History

It was founded as the State Publishing House of Fiction in

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, the

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on October 1, 1930 on the basis of the literary and artistic sector of the State Publishing House and the publishing house "Land and Factory ". In 1934 it was renamed Goslitizdat. In 1937, the disbanded publishing house ''Academia'' was merged into it. Since 1963, it has been called the Publishing House "Khudozhestvennaya Literatura" (IHL). The publishing house produces classic works of world fiction, as well as the most significant works of contemporary foreign authors. Contemporary Russian authors were included in the plan only if they were part of the group of the most famous writers, generally recognized "classics of Soviet literature." It was considered one of the leading publishing houses in the Soviet Union. After

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, the publishing house experienced a serious crisis associated with both general trends in book publishing and subjective factors, which actually continues to the present day. So, in 1976, 318 books and brochures were published with a circulation of about 46.5 million copies, in 1986 - 334 publications with a circulation of 85 million copies, in 1991, 277 books with a circulation of almost 38 million copies, in 1994, 58 books with a circulation of 2 million copies, in 1995. not a single book, in 1996, 38 books with a circulation of barely 0.5 million copies. The circulation of the publishing house has been decreased considerably, In 2015, "Khudozhestvennaya literatura" was not even included in the Top 100 Russian publishing houses in terms of the number of published books and brochures.

Book series

* Забытая книга (= Forgotten Book) * Библиотека античной литературы (= Library of Ancient Literature) (founded 1963) * Библиотека всемирной литературы (= Library of World Literature) (1967-c. 1977), 200 volumesChristopher Rundle, Anne Lange and Daniele Monticelli,
Translation Under Communism
', Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022. * Народная библиотека (= People's Library) (1930-77); continued with series Классики и современники (Classics and Contemporaries) (1977- ) * Библиотека литературы Возрождения (= Renaissance Literature Library) * Библиотека исторического романа (= Historical Novel Library) * Библиотека учителя (= Teacher's Library) * Библиотека польской литературы (= Library of Polish Literature) * Библиотека финской литературы (= Library of Finnish Literature) * Библиотека японской литературы (= Library of Japanese Literature) * Библиотека китайской литературы (= Library of Chinese Literature) * Библиотека индийской литературы (= Library of Indian Literature) * Восточный альманах (= Eastern Almanac) * Памятники литературы Древней Руси (= Monuments of Literature of Ancient Russia) (1978- ) * Библиотека произведений, удостоенных Ленинской премии (= Library of Works Awarded the Lenin Prize) * Литературные мемуары (= Literary Memoirs) * Зарубежный роман XX века (= Foreign Novel of the 20th Century) (1957- ) * Библиотека классики (= Library of Classics) (1977-91) * Русская муза (= Russian Muse) (1985- ) * Библиотека советской поэзии (= Library of Soviet Poetry) (1957- ) * Сокровища лирической поэзии (= Treasures of Lyric Poetry) (1963- )

References

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