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The Russian Jewish Encyclopedia (RJE) is the first attempt to create a publication devoted entirely to the Russian Jewry, its history and role in Russia. The boarders of "Russia" and "Russian" (to the encyclopedia's perspective) do not necessarily coincide with the contemporary boarders of Russian Federation, but rather correspond to the territory of the Russian Empire and the USSR in each given historical period. The RJE comprises data from the first settlement of Jews in Russia until the present.

The RJE has the following structure:

• Biography unit. This part will include three volumes (the first two had already came out, and the third is scheduled to appear in 1997). Each volume will provide about 3 thousand articles - biographies of Russian Jews who contributed greatly to culture, sciences, social and economic life of Russia and other countries. The Russian public consciousness defines a Jew in broader terms than traditional Judaism does. Therefore the first part of the RJE also includes biographies of people who had at least one Jewish parent.
• Local history unit. This part will consist of two volumes and will include more than 3.5 thousand articles about Jewish communities in various localities of Russian Empire and the USSR.
• Subject unit. This part will also consist of two volumes and will include articles on general subjects, such as Jewish institutions, political parties, periodicals, education, on Jewish contributions to various spheres of culture, science, society and economy.

The editors are also planning to publish an additional eighth volume that would contain bibliographical articles which for different reasons were not included in the first part.

List of RJE publications

Russian Jewish Encyclopedia: Vol. 1. Biographies A - K / Edited by G.Branover. Moscow: Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; Russian- Israeli encyclopedia center "Epos", 1994. 558 p. In Russian.

Russian Jewish Encyclopedia: Vol. 2. Biographies K - R / Edited by G.Branover. Moscow: Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; Russian- Israeli encyclopedia center "Epos", 1995. 526 p. In Russian.