Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia

Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (Ukrainian: Українська радянська енциклопедія) - was a multi purpose Encyclopedia of Ukraine, issued in the USSR.

Following the publication of the first volume of the Ukrainian General Encyclopedia (Ukrainian: Загальна Енциклопедія) in Lviv, Ukraine (1930) the Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia (USE) was commissioned by Mykola Skrypnyk. During his chairmanship in Kharkiv the editorial board of the USE was established, enlisting the help of over 100 professionals. Printing began in early 1933, but Moscow censors decried the encyclopedia as being nationalist. Of the 20 planned volumes only three were produced. In the same year Skripnik committed suicide, and was succeeded by Volodymyr Zatonsky. The printed copies were destroyed, and plans for the November 1934 edition of USE dissolved.