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Molodaya Gvardiya (russian: Молодая гвардия, lit. ''Young Guard'') is an open joint-stock Russian publishing house, one of the oldest publishers in Russia, having been founded in 1922 during the Soviet era. From 1938 until 1992, it was responsible for publishing the magazine ''
In 1968, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut
Official website
{{Authority control 1922 establishments in Russia Publishing companies established in 1922 Book publishing companies of Russia Book publishing companies based in Moscow Publishing companies of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize
Vokrug sveta
''Vokrug sveta'' (russian: Вокруг света, literally: "Around the World") is a Russian geographic magazine. It is the longest running magazine in the Russian language. The first issue was printed in Saint Petersburg, in December 1861, ...
(russian: Вокруг света, literally: "Around the World")''.
History
1922 — The Molodaya Gvardiya publishing and printing association was founded inMoscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...
on the initiative of the Central Committee
Central committee is the common designation of a standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states. In such party organizations, the ...
of the Komsomol
The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League (russian: link=no, Всесоюзный ленинский коммунистический союз молодёжи (ВЛКСМ), ), usually known as Komsomol (; russian: Комсомол, links=n ...
on October 10th. In the first year of the publishing house's operation, 71 books were published with a circulation of 584,000 copies.
1930s — The publishing house began to produce not only books, but also newspaper and magazine products.
In 1968, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...
signed for the printing of his book ''Psychology and Space'', written in collaboration with Vladimir Lebedev, which has been reprinted and translated into numerous languages. He also wrote the preface of the biography of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in the ZhZL series, in 1962.
1990s — The circulation of books was sharply reduced, with many series being discontinued.
2000s — A gradual process of reviving the activities of the publishing house was started.
In 2009, the ''ZhZL: Small Series'' was launched, which differs from the classic ZhZL series only in the volume of the material.
Book series
* ''The Lives of Remarkable People'' (ZhZL) ( rus, Жизнь замечательных людей» (ЖЗЛ), Zhizn' zamechatel'nykh lyudey, links=no) * ''The Lives of Remarkable People: The Biography Continues...'' ( rus, Жизнь замечательных людей: Биография продолжается..., Zhizn' zamechatel'nykh lyudey: Biografiya prodolzhayetsya..., links=no) * ''The Lives of Remarkable People: Small Series'' ( rus, Жизнь замечательных людей. Малая серия, Zhizn' zamechatel'nykh lyudey. Malaya seriya, links=no) * ''Living History: The Daily Life of Humanity'' ( rus, Живая история: Повседневная жизнь человечества, Zhivaya istoriya: Povsednevnaya zhizn' chelovechestva, links=no) * ''You're On the Road, Romantic'' ( rus, Тебе в дорогу, романтик, Tebe v dorogu, romantik, links=no) * ''Library of Modern Fiction'' ( rus, Библиотека современной фантастики, Biblioteka sovremennoy fantastiki, links=no) * ''A Close Past'' ( rus, Близкое прошлое, Blizkoye proshloye, links=no) * ''Case Number...'' ( rus, Дело №…, Delo №…, links=no) * ''Russia and the World'' ( rus, Россия и мир, Rossiya i mir, links=no) * ''Century Prose'' ( rus, Проза века, Proza veka, links=no) * ''Golden Giraffe'' ( rus, Золотой жираф, Zolotoy zhiraf, links=no) * ''Arrow'' ( rus, Стрела, Strela, links=no) * ''Literary Solitaire'' ( rus, Литературный пасьянс, Literaturnyy pas'yans, links=no) * ''Pioneer - Means First'' ( rus, Пионер — значит первый, Pioner — znachit pervyy, links=no) * ''Sport and Personality'' ( rus, Спорт и личность, Sport i lichnost', links=no) * ''Eureka'' ( rus, Эврика, Evrika, links=no)Awards and prizes
*Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...
(1969)
* Lenin Komsomol Prize
Lenin Komsomol Prize () was a Soviet annual award for the best works in science, engineering, literature or art carried out by young authors of age not exceeding 33 years. Komsomol was the abbreviated name of The Communist Union of Youth (Russi ...
(1978)
References
External links
Official website
{{Authority control 1922 establishments in Russia Publishing companies established in 1922 Book publishing companies of Russia Book publishing companies based in Moscow Publishing companies of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize