Czeskie i czechosłowackie encyklopedie uniwersalne z lat 1962-2013
Czech and Czechoslovak Universal Encyclopaedias from 1962–2013

Summary/Abstract: The Czech and Czechoslovak encyclopaedic studies are almost 150 years old and can be divided into three conventional stages: Stage One: 1860–1909, Stage Two: 1918–1943, Stage Three: 1962–2013. The third stage (1962–2010) includes lexicographic (encyclopaedic) projects undertaken after World War II in the reality of socialist Czechoslovakia (1948–1989), democratic Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) and then the autonomous Czech Republic (1993). It was then that a few reference books originated. The books, which can be justifiably called the latest and most contemporary, include among others: A Concise Scientific Dictionary y [Pøíruèní slovník nauèný] (1962–1967, the Czech abbreviation of the title: PSN) A Small Czechoslovak Encyclopaedia [Malá èeskoslovenská encyclopedie] (1984–1987, MÈSE), DIDEROT. A Popular Encyclopaedia in 8 volumes [DIDEROT. Všeobecná encyclopedie v osmi svazcích] (1999, VEDid) A Small Czechoslovak Encyclopaedia [Malá èeskoslovenská encyclopedie] (1984–1987, MÈSE), DIDEROT. A Popular Encyclopaedia in 8 volumes [DIDEROT. Všeobecná encyclopedie v osmi svazcích] (1999, VEDid)a [Všeobecná encyclopedie UNIVERSUM] (2001, VEU) and the Czech Wikipedia (2002–2013). This article is devoted to the Czech (and Czechoslovak) encyclopaedic achievements, and it generally presents and analyzes the most important reference books of this period.

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