Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ( VLE ) is a 25-volume Lithuanian general encyclopedia that was published from 2001 to 2014 by the Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidykla (German: Science and Encyclopedia Publishing Institute ).
The encyclopedia is the first universal encyclopedia after the declaration of independence from the USSR and replaces the Soviet, 13-volume Lietuviškoji tarybinė enciklopedija published in 1976–1985 . As the VLE is a Lithuanian encyclopedia, the emphasis is on Lithuania , Lithuanians, and Lithuanian subjects (people, organizations, language, culture, people and customs). These thematic articles will comprise 20-25% of all articles; there will be 6,000 Lithuanian biographies alone.
scope
The universal encyclopedia comprises 25 volumes of 800 pages each, a total of over 18,000 pages.
25 volumes appeared from 2001 to 2014:
- Vol. I, 2001, A-Arktinis oras
- Vol. II, 2002, Arctic Beketas
- Vol. III, 2003, Beketeriai-Chakasai
- Vol. IV, 2003, Chakasija – Diržių kapinynas : 832 pages, 6,200 articles (816 lituanist articles, another 167 articles have lituanist content; a total of 19.6%), 722 images, 347 portraits, 7 maps.
- Vol. V, 2004, Dis-Fatva
- Vol. VI, 2004, Fau-1 – Goris
- Vol. VII, 2005, Gorkai-Imermanas
- Vol. VIII, 2005, Imhof-Junusas : 4300 articles (22% - 680 articles - have lituanist content), over 670 illustrations, 230 portraits, 55 maps,
- Vol. IX, 2006, Juocevičius-Khiva
- Vol. X, 2006, Khmerai Krelle
- Vol. XI, 2007, Kremacija-Lenzo
- Vol. XII, 2008, Lietuva
- Vol. XIII, 2008, Leo "Magazyn Wileński"
- Vol. XIV, 2008, Magdalena-México
- Vol. XV, 2009, Mezas-Nagurskiai
- Vol. XVI, 2009, Naha-Omuta
- Vol. XVII, 2010, On-Peri
- Vol. XVIII, 2010, Perk-Pra
- Vol. XIX, 2011, Pre-Reu
- Vol. XX, 2011, Rėv – Sal
- Vol. XXI, 2012, Sam – Skl
- Vol. XXII, 2012, Sko – Šala
- Vol. XXIII, 2013, Šalc – Toli
- Vol. XXIV, 2014, Tolj – Veni
- Vol. XXV, 2014, Venk – Žvo
A register volume was published in 2015.
Authors, editors, management
More than 2,957 authors in eight specialist editors contribute to the creation of the VLE. The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and a scientific council of 23 to 25 scientists, headed by Zenonas Rokus Rudzikas , watched over the entire work . The individual editorial offices and their approximate share in the encyclopedia are:
- Philosophy, Theology and Philology (12%)
- Art history (13%)
- World history (13%)
- Lithuanian History (9%)
- Social Sciences (9%)
- Biology and Medicine (13%)
- Geography and Geology (13%)
- Physics and Technology (18%)
output
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija. Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2001–2014. ISBN 5-420-01486-6
