
Title pages of ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary''.
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A part of the 86 volumes of ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary''.
The '''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary''' (
Russian: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона) (35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is, in its scope and style, the
Russian counterpart to the
1911 Britannica. It contains 121 240 articles, 7 800 images, and 235 maps. Published in
Imperial Russia in
1890-
1906, the comprehensive
encyclopedia was a joint venture of
Leipzig and
St Petersburg publishers. The articles were written by first-rank Russian scholars of the day, including
Dmitry Mendeleyev, and
Vladimir Solovyov. Reprints of this work appeared following the
collapse of the Soviet Union.
See also
★ ''
Brockhaus encyclopedia''
★
Brockhaus
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