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Voenizdat

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Voenizdat
Founded1919
Defunct2012
Country of originUSSR
Headquarters locationMoscow,Russia
Nonfiction topicsMilitary science,Memoir,History
Official websitevoennizdat.com

Voenizdat(Russian:Воениздат) was apublishing houseinMoscow,Russia that was one of the first and largest publishing houses inUSSR.The name is aRussianabbreviationfor

"Voennoe Izdatelstvo", meaning "Military Publication".

Voenizdat was established byRevvoyensovieton 25 October 1919. The initial aim was to publish literature for the needs ofMinistry of Defence.It later published bothfictionandnon-fictionliterature, technicalmanualsanddictionaries.The company was absorbed into Red Star in 2009.[1]

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  1. ^"Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 15.09.2008 г. № 1359".Президент России(in Russian).Retrieved7 July2019.
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