"The Russia Islamic encyclopedia, as expected in four volumes, will include articles on history, modern condition and development of Islam in the Russian Federation, activities of Muslim organizations and Islamic higher educational establishments," the Foundation representative said on Monday.
It is planned to publish 5 thousand copies, estimated value of the project is one million US dollars. The Foundation and the Islamic Research Center are to finance it in equal portions, the interviewee of the agency said.
The edition will be based on the Great Islamic Encyclopedia in 43 volumes that will be issued in Turkey with support of the Islamic Research Center.
As expected, work on printing the Russian Islamic encyclopedia will be conducted in two stages and will take three years. First, the edition will be adapted, updated and translated into Russian. Then, on the second stage, the edition will be printed.
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