Meditsina

Meditsina (Russian: «Медицина») is a Soviet and Russian state book publishing house specializing in literature across all branches of medicine and public health. It was founded in Moscow in November 1918 as the publishing section of the People's Commissariat for Health (Narkomzdrav) of the RSFSR. From 1928 it operated as the State Medical Publishing House (Gosmedizdat, Medgiz) of the RSFSR Narkomzdrav; from 1931 Medgiz was part of the OGIZ system, and from 1937 it was the Medgiz publishing house of the USSR Narkomzdrav. In 1963 it was renamed the Meditsina publishing house. The publisher was assigned code 039 by the USSR State Committee for Publishing (Goskomizdat). Within the Goskomizdat system in the 1980s, the house belonged to the main editorial board for scientific and technical literature. As of 2009, the publishing house issued between 100 and 150 academic and educational titles annually — monographs, medical atlases, textbooks, reference works, and manuals. In addition, Meditsina is the founder and publisher of 40 specialized medical journals. Its director from 1992 to 2013 was Andrey Mikhaylovich Stochik, Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor, and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences. The house remains a state-owned publisher and maintains an official website at medlit.ru.

Meditsina was founded in Moscow in November 1918 as the publishing section of the People's Commissariat for Health (Narkomzdrav) of the RSFSR. In 1928 it became the State Medical Publishing House (Gosmedizdat, Medgiz) of the RSFSR Narkomzdrav. From 1931 Medgiz operated within the OGIZ system, and from 1937 it was the Medgiz publishing house of the USSR Narkomzdrav. In 1963 the house was renamed Meditsina. The publisher received code 039 from the USSR State Committee for Publishing (Goskomizdat). In the Goskomizdat system during the 1980s, the publishing house was part of the main editorial board for scientific and technical literature. As of 2009, it published between 100 and 150 academic and educational titles per year, including monographs, medical atlases, textbooks, reference works, and manuals, and it founded and published 40 specialized medical journals. Andrey Mikhaylovich Stochik served as director from 1992 to 2013.

• 2009

  Published 100–150 academic and educational titles annually and 40 specialized medical journals.

• 1992

  Andrey Mikhaylovich Stochik became director (serving until 2013).

• 1963

  Renamed the Meditsina publishing house.

• 1937

  Became the Medgiz publishing house of the USSR Narkomzdrav.

• 1931

  Medgiz entered the OGIZ system.

• 1928

  Became the State Medical Publishing House (Gosmedizdat, Medgiz) of the RSFSR Narkomzdrav.

• 1918

  Founded in Moscow in November as the publishing section of the RSFSR Narkomzdrav.

State-owned specialist medical publisher for academic, educational, and professional medical literature in Russia.

• Medical monographs

• Medical atlases

• Medical textbooks

• Medical reference works

• Medical manuals

• 40 specialized medical journals

1. 1Meditsina — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Медицина (издательство) — Wikipedia (Russian)ru.wikipedia.org