Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia
The Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia was a multi-purpose encyclopedia of Kazakhstan issued in the Soviet Union. It was founded by Mukhamedzhan Karataev, the executive secretary of Kazakhstan. Kazakh Soviet Encyclopedia was printed in 12 volumes + 1 volume in Almaty from 1972 to 1978. An additional four-volume, Kazakh SSR, was published in both Kazakh and Russian from 1985 to 1989.
Each volume had 40,000 copies. The number of pages of each volume is listed below: