Publishing houses in the Soviet Union


Publishing houses in the Soviet Union, were a series of publishing enterprises which existed in the Soviet Union.

Centralization

On August 8, 1930 the Sovnarkom of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic established the state publishing monopoly, OGIZ, subordinated to Sovnarkom. At its core was the former Gosizdat. Other union republics followed the same pattern.
During the era of centralization the names of the most publishers contained the acronym "гиз" standing for "государственное издательство".

List

Early publishers

As of January 1, 1930 there were 995 publishers in the RSFSR alone.