I and II volumes of the multivolume universal national encyclopedia devoted to the letter “A” prepared by “Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia” Scientific Centre of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) is ready for publication, press service of ANAS informed on it. Soon the 1st volume will be presented. The first 25.000 copies of the encyclopedia to be published by “East-West” publishing house will be distributed to libraries and other organizations free of charge. Subscription variant of the book (10.000 copies) will be published in Germany. The book will be published in 25 volumes. The 1st volume of the national encyclopedia includes 4281 words, the 2nd volume 4000 words.
The editorial office is working on the letter “B”. It has already prepared a common glossary of terms beginning with the letter “B” and compiled articles devoted to the letter “B”.