Detskaya Literatura


Detskaya Literatura, formerly Detgiz and DETIZDAT, is a Soviet and Russian publishing house for children's literature. It was established on September 9, 1933 by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on the basis of Molodaya Gvardiya's children's imprint.
The company was initially called Detgiz. The company had offices in Moscow and Leningrad. The first chief editor was Samuil Marshak. In 1933 Detgiz published 168 titles. In 1937 the headquarters of Detgiz was destroyed, some employees were fired, others were arrested, imprisoned or executed by a firing squad.
The publisher's name was changed numerous times, from Detgiz to DETIZDAT to Detgiz again to Detskaya Literatura. In 1991 the publishing house was divided into the Moscow department, called Detskaya Literatura, and the Saint Petersburg department, called Lyceum or "Lyceum: The State Republican Publishing House for Children and Youth Literature", which later became DETGIZ.

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