The Siberian Soviet Encyclopedia was the predecessor of the regional republican encyclopedias of the USSR....... For the first time the question of the need to create a separate Siberian encyclopedia was initiated in 1919 by the "Institute for the Study of Siberia" at a congress in Tomsk with the support of the head of the white movement Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak , The program began in 1920, .... , But with the advent of the Soviet power stopped .. In 1926, among the educated layers, a movement in support of the creation of a fundamental work on Siberia begins again, an orgbureau gathers, and, in April 1927, an editorial board of leading local scientists is approved.