"Detskaya Literatura (Russian: Детская литература, tr. Detskaja literatura, lit. "Children's Literature"), formerly Detgiz and DETIZDAT, is a Soviet and Russian publishing house for children's literature. It ...
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was established on September 9, 1933 by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union on the basis of Molodaya Gvardiya's children's imprint.
The company was initially called Detgiz (Russian: ДЕТГИЗ, Детское государственное издательство, tr. Detskoe gosudarstvennoe izdatelstvo, lit. "The State Children's Publishing House"). The company had offices in Moscow and Leningrad. The first chief editor was Samuil Marshak. In 1933 Detgiz published 168 titles. In 1937 the headquarters of Detgiz was destroyed, some employees (such as Lydia Chukovskaya) were fired, others were arrested, imprisoned or executed by a firing squad." - (en.wikipedia.org 05.12.2023)