[citation needed] It includes more than 23,000 articles (VIII, p. 197) in a total of 4904 pages plus 242 folios (mostly in color) of additional figures and maps.

Each volume measures 20 x 26 cm, printed in a triple-column format.

The main editor was the president of the Academy of Sciences of the Tajik SSR, Mukhamed Asimov.

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