Vostok (publisher, 1955)
| Wostok Verlagsgesellschaft mbH | |
|---|---|
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1955 |
| Seat | Am Comeniusplatz 5, 10243 Berlin (since 2002; previously Cologne ) |
| Publisher number | 978-3-9803869 |
| Website | www.wostok.de |
| As of June 15, 2015 | |
The publishing house Wostok ( Russian East ) is a German publishing house based in Berlin . The publisher has nothing in common with the former Jewish book publisher and book distributor Wostock (1919–1927).
history
The publishing house was founded in Cologne-Lindenthal in 1955 under the name of the Soviet Union today . The publishing house has been called Wostok since 1992 and has been based in Berlin since 2002.
The editor in charge is Peter Franke. Britta Wollenweber is also a permanent member of the editorial team.
The authors / employees include the Slavist Mareile Ahrndt , the long-time chairman of the West-Ost-Gesellschaft in Baden-Württemberg Jörg Bohse, the journalist and translator Juri Durkot , the translator Valentina Dwinskaja, the editor-in-chief Jelena Gurskaja and the journalist, editor and publicist Vladimir M. Ostrogorski .
Publications
The focus is on history, politics, culture, non-fiction and literature about and from Russia and other successor states of the USSR :
Magazines
The press department of the embassy of the USSR in what was then the federal capital Bonn published the magazine Soviet Union today at Vostok from 1956 to 1991 . The press office of the USSR in Austria also published a magazine under the same name . The publication was discontinued shortly before the official dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The publisher has been publishing the quarterly magazine Vostok since 1992 . It is a socio-political and cultural-political magazine about Russia and the successor states of the USSR. The editorial office has been in Berlin since 2002, before that the magazine was published in Cologne.
Since 2007, the German-Russian language magazine Po Swetu has also been published quarterly by Wostok .
Books (selection)
- Britta Wollenweber , Peter Franke (ed.), Wladimir Schalimow (transl.): St. Petersburg. Capital of Culture of Russia . 2000, ISBN 3-932916-09-3 .
- Novosibirsk - In the center of Siberia and Russia 2003.
- Martin Buchholz : Stupid white GerMan . 2004, ISBN 3-932916-29-8 .
- Working group “Soviet graves and memorials in Germany” (Ed.): Soviet gravesites and memorials in East Germany today. 2005, ISBN 3-932916-31-X .
- Tatiana Kuschtewskaja : Trans-Siberian Railway. History and stories . 2005, ISBN 3-932916-17-4 .
- Regina Buhr: Innovations - worlds of technology, women's worlds - opportunities for gender-equitable change in the innovation system in Germany 2006, ISBN 3-932916-32-8 .
- Britta Wollenweber, Peter Franke (Ed.): Uzbekistan - Land between Orient and Occident. The travel guide for the background. 4th, updated Edition. 2013, ISBN 978-3-932916-54-0 .
- Tatiana Kuschtewskaja: Siberia trip - the Lena. From Baikal to the Arctic Ocean - history and stories along the great Siberian river. 2007, ISBN 978-3-932916-36-6 .
- Martin Buchholz: German Wortissimo . 2007, ISBN 978-3-932916-40-3 .
- Vüqar Aslanov : In the cotton fields. 2007.
- Britta Wollenweber, Peter Franke (ed.): Kiew. City of golden domes on the Dnejpr. 2008 (4th edition), ISBN 978-3-932916-41-0 .
- Britta Wollenweber, Peter Franke (Ed.): Eastern Ukraine: Facets beyond the Dnieper. Forays through history and culture . 2009, ISBN 978-3-932916-46-5 .
- Tatiana Kuschtewskaja: The Baikal. History and stories about Lake Baikal . 2009, ISBN 978-3-932916-36-6 .
- Emomalij Rahmon (President of the Republic of Tajikistan) The Tajiks in the Mirror of History 2011, ISBN 978-3-932916-55-7 .
- Martin Buchholz: Go, think, go, density . 2011, ISBN 978-3-932916-56-4 .
- Vüqar Aslanov: The delayed column. Novel about the Soviet-Afghan war and the evil harassment within the army. 2012, ISBN 978-3-932916-52-6 .
Web links
- WOSTOK Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Imprint , Wostok Verlagsgesellschaft.
- ^ Soviet Union today: Zeitschr. about life and Work, culture, economy, science, technology, etc. Sports in the USSR , EconBiz.
- ↑ Soviet Union today , SwissBib.
- ^ Foreword , Wostok publishing company.
- ^ Works by Wostok-Verlag-Ges. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Book info.
- ^ Vostok , specialist newspapers.
