Krugosvet is aRussian-languageencyclopedia covering different fields of knowledge in eight supercategories and 27 subcategories, 12,000 entries, over 600 current and historic maps, and 10,000 illustrations and charts.[1] It is intended to provide objective, non-ideological, easily accessible information for research and other purposes.[2]
The encyclopedia is available for free online and was previously supported byOpen Society Institute’s Information Program. According toYandex portal, that also hosts Krugosvet, it is "comparable to theGreat Soviet Encyclopedia in its size and significance".[3]
Along with formerStanford colleague,Robert Ball, Prof.Gregory Freidin founded a Moscow publishing company, The Russian Britannica LLC., which has since evolved into Krugosvet's publication.[4] Every third Krugosvet article has been translated fromCollier's Encyclopedia.
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