Parent: | Government of Tatarstan |
Status: | Active |
Headquarters: | 2 Dekabristov str., Kazan, Tatarstan |
Country: | Russia (Republic of Tatarstan) |
Distribution: | Worldwide |
Publications: | Books |
Topics: | Literature on Tatar culture and in Tatar language |
Url: | www.tatkniga.ru |
Tatar Book Publishers (Tatar: Татарстан китап нәшрияты) is a Soviet and Russian regional state-owned publishing house located in Tatarstan. It predominantly prints books in the Tatar language[1] and is the largest publishing house among those specializing in literature in regional languages of Russia[2] [3] as well as one of the largest publishing houses in Tatarstan. Tatar Book Publishers publishes fiction and children's literature, textbooks, academic publications.[4]
Its current name dates back to 1958 when it became the principal publishing house of the Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.[1] In 2018 the Publisher had 190 permanent commercial partners.[5]
On top of school subject textbooks, ordered by Tatarstan ministry of education and science for schools using Tatar as a medium of instruction, as well as some privately ordered or grant-funded books, the publishing house printed 106 titles (of them 32 children's literature) in 2018, and 103 (28) in 2019.[6]