A. Plate, Nikolai N. Ponomarev-Steppe, Yuri V. Prokhorov, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Valery A. Rubakov, Alexander Y. Rumyantsev, Dmitry V. Rundkvist, Gennady I. Savin, Victor A. Sadovnichii, Alexander N. Skrinsky, Alexander S. Spirin, Yuri S. Stepanov, Vyacheslav S. Stepin, Michael L. Titarenko, Valery A. Tishkov, Yuri D. Tretyakov, Kliment N. Trubetskoy, Oleg H. Favorsky, Ludvig D. Faddeev, Vladimir Ye. Fortov, Konstantin V. Frolov, Yuri I. Chernov, Gorimir G. Chernii, Alexander O. Chubarian, Vitaly D. Shafranov, Sergey V. Shestakov, Dmitry V. Shirkov. RAS Corresponding Members: Boris A. Babayan, Vladimir I. Vasiliev, Piama P. Gaidenko, Rudolf V. Kamelin, Michael V. Kovalchuk, Nikolai I. Lapin, Sergey S. Lappo, Alexey V. Yablokov. Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences Academician: Vladimir I. Fisinin. Russian Academy of Arts Academician: Dmitry O. Shvidkovskiy . Russian Federation Statesmen: Aleksandr A. Avdeyev (Culture Minister in 2008–2012), Andrei A. Fursenko (Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation in 2004–2012), Andrei A. Kokoshin (Secretary of the Russian Security Council in 1998), Sergey E. Naryshkin (Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation in 2008–2011, Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation since 2011), Alexander S. Sokolov (musicologist, Culture Minister in 2004-2008), Sergey K. Shoigu (Minister of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation in 1994–2012, Defense Minister from 2012), Mikhail E. Shvydkoi (Culture Minister in 2000–2004), Alexander D. Zhukov (Deputy Prime Minister in 2004–2011). and also: Alexei D. Bogaturov, Sergey V. Chemezov, Vladimir V. Grigoriev, Alexei I. Komech, Vladimir A. Mau, D. L. Orlov. Edition summary Publication schedule and contents of volumes: Electronic version From April 2016, an electronic version of the Great Russian Encyclopedia is available, with 12,000 articles at launch. Criticism One criticism of the encyclopedia is that it is an unnecessary prestige project in the era when all major encyclopedias went online. See also Great Soviet Encyclopedia References External links Other official website 2004 non-fiction books Russian-language encyclopedias Russian encyclopedias 21st-century encyclopedias