A new series of Directmedia Publishing - electronic versions of encyclopedias and dictionaries of the 'Bolshaya Rossiyskaya Encyclopedia' publishing house. As the first disk of this series are released on CD 'Myths of the Peoples of the World' (1987-1988, 'Soviet Encyclopedia', chief editor S.A. Tokarev). Such famous Russian scientists as A.F. Losev, E.M. Meletinsky, B.L. Riftin, V.N. Toporov, etc. participated in the creation of this encyclopedia. This encyclopedia is a fundamental scientific work, for which a number of authors and scientific consultants were awarded the State Prize of the USSR 1990. Here the reader will find information on all aspects of mythology: articles on gods, heroes, demons and spirits, reviews of mythological systems of various peoples and scientific theories of myth. In all, there are more than 3600 articles. Extensive illustrative series (more than 1500 color and black-and-white illustrations) presents mythological images in fine arts, maps and schemes.
System requirements: Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, IBM PC 486 and higher, 16 MB RAM, CD-ROM, SVGA.