THE ROLE OF “ELM” PRINTING HOUSE IN THE PUBLISHING OF SCIENTIFIC BOOKS IN 40–50S OF THE XX CENTURY

Abstract

Scientific activity arises from the practical activity of people and, as it develops, begins to precede experience in the formation of new objects. Today science has become a universal object of many fields of activity. This is due to the special role that science plays in modern civilization. Science, which in the twentieth century revolutionized material production and many other areas of human activity, as well as the nature of technological progress, led to a new quality of life in the developed countries of the West and East. In general, the formation of interaction between nature and society at a new qualitative level is associated precisely with the development of science. Science today is a complex and contradictory object in terms of its existence and development. This applies to both the historical development of science (diachronic aspect) and its current state (synchronic aspect). Science, being a purposeful, multilateral, structured sphere of activity, has a specific goal, subject, means of action. This article is devoted to the formation and activities of the publishing house “Elm” in the first years of its existence. The general system of book publishing in Azerbaijan in the post-war years has been studied, and the place of the “Elm” publishing house has been determined in this system. A thematic and typological analysis of the book product formed as a result of the publishing house’s activities showed that the main task of the “Elm” publishing house was not only to print the necessary products, but also to provide them for the service of science. Various statistical indicators and facts were used to substantiate the role of the publishing house in the development of printed books.