Mir Publishers

Mir Publishers (Russian: Издательство "Мир") was a major publishing house in the Soviet Union which continues to exist in modern Russian Federation. It was established in 1946 by a decree of the USSR Council of Ministers and has headquartered in Moscow, Russia since then. It was completely state funded, which was the reason for the low prices of the books it published.

Its scope is domestic and translated special and tutorial literature in various domains of science and engineering: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, agriculture, transport, energy, etc. Many Soviet scientists and engineers were its contributors. It was especially noted for its excellent mathematics books.^{[citation needed]} Skilled staff provided translation from original Russian. It addition, during the Soviet times it was known for translated foreign science fiction. Many of Mir's books were and are used as textbooks for studies of science in many countries.^{[citation needed]}

The publishing house survived after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and was eventually privatised and later expanded its scope by incorporating a number of state publishing houses: Kolos (Колос), Transport (Транспорт), Khimiya (Химия), Metallurgiya (Металлургия), Legprombitizdat (Легпромбытиздат), and Energoatomizdat (Энергоатомиздат). ^[1] The main motive during the times of communism was propaganda of both political side and showcasing the scientific achievements of communist state, ans thus with communism's collapse the motive was lost and its funding stopped. Still, some leftovers of the books that were published during the Soviet era do still exist in some countries (like Egypt and India) as leftovers still packed in their cartons as they were exported in huge quantities. Also a huge number of their publications may be found in the libraries of many countries of the Middle East and Latin America.

Since 2008, the company has faced difficult times, and is currently involved in a bankruptcy case.^[2] For the definition of the arbitral Court of the city of Moscow of June 2, 2009^[3] the process for the matter stopped, considering that the company paid completely the debt before the creditors.

External links

• Official site

References

1. ^ Company profile (Russian) (Note: its domain, mir-publishers.net, is squatted)
2. ^ Case А40-80225/05-73-254Б of the Arbitration Court of Moscow
3. ^ Case Определение Арбитражного суда Москвы от 02 июня 2009 по делу № А40-80225/05-73-254Б