Publisher · Soviet Union · defunct since 1930

Gosizdat

State Publishing House founded in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Founded 1919 in Soviet Union. Ceased 1930.

About Gosizdat

State Publishing House of the RSFSR (Russian: Госуда́рственное изда́тельство РСФСР), also known as Gosizdat (Госиздат), was a publishing house founded in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic on 21 May 1919. It was to become one of the principal publishing houses in the Soviet Union. In 1930 it was superseded by the Association of State Book and Magazine Publishing Houses or OGIZ (Объединение государственных книжно-журнальных издательств, Obyedinenie gosudarstvennykh knizhno-zhurnalnykh izdatelstv).

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Approaching Gosizdat as an author

Gosizdat is no longer an active publisher (defunct since 1930). Its books may still be in print through successor companies or available second-hand and in libraries.

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