Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia

{{Short description|Encyclopedia first published in 1965}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{italic title}} {{expand Georgian|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox book | name = Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia | image = ქსე თავფურცელი.jpg | image_caption = Book cover, vol. “Georgian SSR” | author = | country = | language = Georgian and Russian | subject = General | genre = [[Reference work|Reference]] [[encyclopaedia]] | publisher = | release_date = | media_type = | isbn = | congress = | oclc = }}

The '''''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia''''' ({{lang-ka|ქართული საბჭოთა ენციკლოპედია|tr}}, ქსე) is the first universal encyclopedia in the [[Georgian language]], printed in [[Tbilisi]] from 1975 to 1987,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8F%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8/w1pmAAAAMAAJ |title=Дворянские роды Российской империи: Князья Царства Грузинского |date=1998 |publisher=IPK "Vesti" |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rayfield |first=Donald |author-link=Donald Rayfield |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/%E1%B2%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%98_%E1%B2%A5%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%97%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A_%E1%B2%98%E1%83%9C/mTAOAQAAMAAJ |title=Დიდი Ქართულ - Ინგლისური Ლექსიკონი |date=2006 |publisher=Garnett Press |isbn=978-0-9535878-3-4 |pages=xxxix |language=ka |trans-title=Great Georgian - English Dictionary}}</ref> the editor in chief of which was [[Irakli Abashidze]]. The encyclopedia consists of 11 alphabetic volumes and a 12th exclusively dedicated to the [[Georgian SSR]], printed in both Georgian and Russian.

==Volumes== {| class="wikitable" ! Volume ! Title || Year of issue |- | 1 || ა — ატოცი || 1975 |- | 2 || ატოცობა — გარიგა || 1977 |- | 3 || გარიგება — ეგე || 1978 |- | 4 || ეგევსი — თუთა || 1979 |- | 5 || თუთია — კოქტეილი || 1980 |- | 6 || კოქტო — მინკუსი || 1983 |- | 7 || მინორი — პეგუ || 1984 |- | 8 || პედაგოგი — სამეული || 1984 |- | 9 || სამეურვეო — ტიხტიხი || 1985 |- | 10 || ტიხუანა — შინდარა || 1986 |- | 11 || შინდი — ჰუხი || 1987 |- | N/A|| საქართველოს სსრ || 1981 |}

== See also == * ''[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]''

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== Further reading == * R. Metreveli, ''Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia'', X, p. 483, Tbilisi, 1986

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