State anti-religious publishing

The State Anti-Religious Publishing House (Russian: Государственное антирелигиозное издательство) (GAIZ) was a Soviet publishing house which existed from 1932 to 1942.[1][2]

History

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Established in 1932 in Moscow, Russia as part of OGIZ,[a] the government-owned publishing conglomerate, it was governed by the Central Board of the League of Militant Atheists.[1][2]

Directors

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Publishing activities

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GAIZ released anti-religious literature, including books on atheism, the history of religion, the attitudes of the ВКП(б)[b] about religion, about the origin and history of religion, and the church.[1][2]

Published works include:

Literature

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  • Novikov, Mikhail Petrovich; Novikova, M.P., eds. (1985). "ГАИЗ (GAIZ)". Atheistic Dictionary (in Russian) (2nd, revised and expanded ed.). Moscow: Политиздат (Politizdat).
  • Sheinman, M. M. (1964). ГАИЗ, Государственное антирелигиозное издательство [GAIZ, State Anti-Religious Publishing House]. Словарь атеиста [The Atheist's Dictionary] (in Russian). Издательство политической литературы (Publishing house of political literature).

Notes

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  1. ^ Объединение государственных книжно-журнальных издательств, the Association of state book and magazine publishing houses
  2. ^ Всесоюзную Коммунистическую партию (большевиков), All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), a name used for the Soviet Communist party between 1925 and 1952

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