The Central Ural Publishing House (), formerly the Sverdlovsk Publishing House (), was a Soviet and Russian book publisher head-quartered in Yekaterinburg. It was established in 1920. In 1930–40, it was the largest book publisher in the Ural region.
History The company was established in 1920. It was initially called Uralgosizdat (, lit. "The Ural department of the State publisher"). It published propaganda brochures, posters, leaflets, the first alphabet book for adults in the Soviet Union. In 1922, it was transformed into the joint-stock company Uralkniga (Уралкнига). Bella Kun became the chairman of the board. In 1934, it was renamed to the Sverdlovsk Publishing House, abbreviated as Sverdlgiz ().
In 1963, it was rebranded as the Central Ural Publishing House, with the State Committee for Publishing taking over. The Tyumen department was opened. It was active till late-1990s. The number of published titles gradually decreased through the years, e.g. 104 books were released in 1979, but only 26 in 1997.
Publications
Boyevye Rebyata (children's almanac) Uralsky Sovremennik Uralsky Sledopyt (magazine)
Notable employees
Bazhov Pavel Petrovich – Russian writer and publicist; Khorinskaya Elena Evgenievna – Soviet and Russian poet, writer, translator; Salinsky Afanasy Dmitrievich – Russian Soviet playwright; Kun Bela – journalist, Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician.
References
External links The official information about Central Ural Publishing House