Narodnaja Asvieta

Narodnaja Asvieta (Belarusian: Народная асвета, literally "People's Education") was a Belarusian state book publishing house founded on 1 April 1951 as a specialized enterprise for the production of educational literature. It was the leading publisher of Belarusian textbooks and teaching-methodical literature, operating under state orders to supply the country's general secondary education system. Its core activity was fulfilling the state order of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus for the publication of textbooks and teaching aids for schools, and it also issued socially significant literature commissioned by the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus. Each year the publishing house released more than 200 titles of educational books, including textbooks, teaching aids, chrestomathies, didactic materials, workbooks, methodical manuals, dictionaries, popular-science and reference literature, as well as books printed in Braille. This made it a central supplier of learning materials for institutions providing general secondary education in Belarus. In 2023 the publishing house came under the control of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus. It ceased to exist in March 2024. Its legacy is tied to the production of Belarusian-language educational and methodical literature, where it was described as a leader among publishers in that field.

Narodnaja Asvieta was established on 1 April 1951 as a Belarusian state book publishing house specialized in the production of educational literature. From its founding it was oriented toward the needs of the school system, and over the following decades it became the leading publisher of Belarusian textbooks and teaching-methodical literature. Its main activity was directed at fulfilling the state order of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus for the publication of textbooks and teaching aids for schools. In addition, it produced socially significant literature on the order of the Ministry of Information of the Republic of Belarus. For the successful organization of the teaching and educational process in institutions providing general secondary education, the publishing house annually issued more than 200 titles of educational books. These included textbooks, teaching aids, chrestomathies, didactic materials, workbooks, methodical manuals, dictionaries, popular-science and reference literature, as well as books printed in Braille. In 2023 the publishing house passed under the control of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus. It ceased to exist in March 2024. The Belarusian Wikipedia article and the encyclopedic reference works cited there record its role as a specialized state publisher and its leading position among publishers of Belarusian educational and teaching-methodical literature.

• 2024

  Ceased to exist in March.

• 2023

  Passed under the control of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus.

• 1951

  Founded on 1 April as a Belarusian state book publishing house specialized in educational literature.

State-specialized publisher and leader in Belarusian educational and teaching-methodical literature, operating on state orders from the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information.

• Textbooks

• Teaching aids

• Chrestomathies

• Didactic materials

• Workbooks

• Methodical manuals

• Dictionaries

• Popular-science and reference literature

• Braille-printed books

1. 1Narodnaja Asvieta — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Народная асвета (выдавецтва) — Wikipedia (Belarusian)be.wikipedia.org