Central Ural Publishing House

The Central Ural Publishing House (Средне-Уральское книжное издательство), formerly the Sverdlovsk Publishing House (Свердловское книжное издательство), was a Soviet and Russian book publisher head-quartered in Yekaterinburg. It was established in 1920. In 1930–1940 it was the largest book publisher in the Ural region.

History
The company was established in 1920. It was initially called Uralgosizdat (Уралгосиздат, Уральское областное отделение Государственного издательства, lit. "The Ural department of the State publisher"). It published propaganda brochures, posters, leaflets, the first alphabet book for adults in the Soviet Union. In 1922 it was transformed into the joint-stock company Uralkniga (Уралкнига). Bella Kun became the chairman of the board. In 1934 it was renamed to the Sverdlovsk Publishing House, abbreviated as Sverdlgiz (Свердлгиз, Свердловское областное государственное издательство).

In 1963 it was rebranded as the Central Ural Publishing House, with the State Committee for Publishing taking over. The Tyumen department was opened. It was active till late-1990s. The number of published titles gradually decreased through the years, e.g. 104 books were released in 1979, but only 26 in 1997.

Publications

 * Boyevye Rebyata (children's almanac)
 * Uralsky Sovremennik
 * Uralsky Sledopyt (magazine)

Notable employees

 * Bazhov Pavel Petrovich – Russian writer and publicist;
 * Khorinskaya Elena Evgenievna – Soviet and Russian poet, writer, translator;
 * Salinsky Afanasy Dmitrievich – Russian Soviet playwright;
 * Kun Bela – journalist, Hungarian communist revolutionary and politician.