Gerd Becker Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 Hi gentlemen,i found this list of abbreviations on another forum and i thought, it could be useful in the future. Please add the one, you know.A - AdministrationABTU - Avto-Brone-Tankovoe Upravlenie - the Truck-Armor-Tank Directorate, also see the GABTU.AKFD - Archive of film and photographic documents.AMTORG - Amerikanskaya Torgovlya - Trade Company with USA.Artkom - Artillerijskiy Komitet - the Artillery Committee.ASSR - Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.BCPX - All-Russia Trade Union of Chemical Industry Workers.BCXB & BDHX - Exhibition of Successes of the Soviet Agriculture,BCXB CCCP, later BDHX CCCP.BOT - Bronirovannaya Ognevaya Tochka - Armored Firing PointChKZ - Chelyabinskiy Kirovskiy Zavod - the Kirov Factory in Chelyabinsk.ChTZ - Chelyabinskiy Traktorniy Zavod - the Tractor Factory in Chelyabinsk.CMVS - Centralniy Muzei Voorushennikh Sil - Central Museum of the Armed Forces.DOBROKhIM - Society of Friends of Chemical Defense and Chemical IndustryDOSAAF - Dobrovolhnoe Obxestvo Sodeistvi? Armii Aviacii i Flotu - voluntary society of assistance to army, aviation and navy.DT - Degtyarev Tankoviy - the machine-gun developed by V.A.Degtyarev.ENSV - Eesti Nuokogoude Sosialistemaaks Vabariig (Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic).GAZ - Gorkovskiy Avromobilnij Zavod - the Gorkij Automobile Factory.GAU - Glavnoe Artilleristkoye Upravlenie - the Chief Artillery Department.GABTU - Glavnoe Avto-Brone-Tankovoe Upravlenie - the Chief Truck-Armor-Tank Directorate.GBTU - Glavnoe BroneTankovoe Upravlenie - the Chief Tank Department.GIRD - Gruppa po Izucheniyu Reaktivnogo Dvizhenia - Group for the Study of Jet Propulsion.GKB - Glavnoe Konstruktorskoe Buro - the Chief Design Bureau.GPU - Glavnoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye - State Political Administration (secret police), also see OGPU.GKO - Gosudarstvennij Komitet Oboroniy - the State Defense Committee.GOKO - see the GKO.GULAG - Glavnoe Upravlenie Lagerei - Main Council of Prisoner Camps.GUVP - Glavnoe Upravlenie Voennoi Promyshlennosti - Main Council of Military Industry.HTO - Научное и Общество Текникал - Scientific and Tecnical Society.KA - usually Krasnaya Armiya - Red Army.KB - Konstruktorskoe Buro - Design Bureau.KGB - Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti - Committe of State SecurityKhPZ - Kharkovskij Parovozostroitelnij Zavod - Kharkov Locomotive Factory.Komsomol (TsK VLKSM) - A youth political organization.KVVMU - Kaliningrad Higher Naval SchoolKVVMY - Red Banner Vladivostok Higher Naval School.KVZhD - Kitaisko-Vostochnaya Zheleznaya Doroga - the Eastern-Chinese Rail Road.KTZ - Kirovskij Tankovij Zavod - the Kirov Tank Factory.LIAP - Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instruments.MAI - Moscow aviation institute.MIFI - Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering.MMU - Murmansk Maritime School (fishing fleet)MVIMU - Murmansk Higher School of Navy Engineers.MODVF - Moscow Society of Friends of the Air-Fleet.Narkom - Narodniy Komissar - Peoples' Commissar (equal to Minister)Narkomat - Narodniy Komissariat - Peoples' Commissariat (equal to Ministry).Narkomfin - People's Commissariat of finance.Narkomiust - People's Commissariat of justice.Narkomnats - People's Commissariat for nationalities.Narkompros - People's Commissariat of education.Narkomtrud - People's Commissariat of labour.Narkomvoenmor - Narodniy Komissar po Voennim i Morskim Delam - Peoples' Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs.NKB - Naucho-konstruktorskoye Byuro - the Research Design Bureau.NKO - Narodnyi Kommisariat Oborony - the People's Commissariat of Defense.NKSM - Narodnyi Kommisariat Srednego Mashinostroeniya - the People's Commissariat of the Medium Machine-Building.NKV - Narodnyi Kommisariat Vooruzhenij - the People's Commissariat of Armaments.NKVM - Narodnyi Kommisariat Voennogo Mashinostroeniya - the People's Commissariat of the War Machine-Building.NKVD - Narodnyi Kommisariat Vnutrennikh Del - the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs.NKTP - Narodij Komissariat Tankovoj Promyslennosti - the People'sCommissariat of the Tank Industry.NTK - Nauchno-Tekhnicheskiy Komitet - the Scientific-Technical Committee.OAT - Orudiino-Arsenal'nyi Trest - Artillery Arsenal Trust.ODVA - Otdel'naya Dalnevostochnaya Armiya - Independent Far East Army.ODVF - Society of Friends of the Air-Fleet.OGPU - Ob'edinennoye Glavnoye Politicheskoye Upravleniye - Unified State Political Administration (secret police), also see GPUOKB - Opytno-Konstruktorskoe Buro - the Pilot Design Bureau.OKDVA - Osobaya Krasnoznamennaya Dal'nevostochnaya Armiya - ("Special Red Banner Far East Army")OSOAVIAKhIM - Obshestvo Sodeistviya Oborone, Aviatzionnomy i Khimicheskomy Stroitel'stvu - The Association for Assistance of Defense, Aircraft and Chemical Development.OTTPP - Otdelniy Tyazhelij Tankovij Polk Proriva - Independent Heavy Tank Breakthrough Regiment (also see TTPP).PVKhO - Ready for Anti-Aircraft and Chemical Defense.RGAKFD - Rossijskii Gosudarstvennii Arkhiv Kino-Foto-Dokumentov - Russian State Archive of Films and Photo Documents.RGAE - Rossijskii Gosudarstvennii Arkhiv Ekonomiki - Russian State Archive of Economy.RGK - Rezerv Glavnogo Komandovaniya - a Reserve of the High Command.RKKA - Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnaya Armiya - the Army of Workers and Peasants, or simply the Red Army.RKKVF - Raboche-Krest'yanskaya Krasnayy Vozdushnyy Flot - Workers' and Peasants' Red Air Force.RKP(b) - Russian Communist Party (of the bolsheviks).RKSM - Russian Communist Union of Youth RLKSM from 1924, and VLKSM from 1926.RSFSR - Rossijskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Federativnaya Sovetskaya Respublika - Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic, one of 15 Soviet republics. Today, it is Russian Federation.RVS - (or Revvoensovet) Revolutionniy Voennij Sovet - the Revolutionary Military Council.RVGK - Rezerv Verkhovnogo Glavnokomandovaniya - see RGK.SAP - Samokhodno-Artillerijskij Polk - the Self-Propelled Artillery RegimentSKB - Samostoyatelnoe Konstruktorskoe Buro - the Independent Design BureauSNK - Sovet Narodnikh Komissarov - the Council of Peoples' Commissars (Council of Ministers) Sovnarkomsee the SNKSTZ - Stalingradskij Traktornij Zavod - the Stalingrad Tractor FactoryTSAP - Tyazhelij Samokhodno-Artillerijskij Polk - the Heavy Self-Propelled Artillery RegimentTsK VKP(b) - Tsentral'niy Komitet Vsesojuznoi Kommunisticheskoi Partii(bolshevikov) - the Central Comittee of the All-Union Communist Party (ofbolsheviks), later VKP(b) was renamed to CPSU (Communist Party of theSoviet Union)TTPP - Tyazhelij Tankovij Polk Proriva - the Heavy Tank Breakthrough RegimentTsAKB - Tsentral'noye Artillerijckoe Konstruktorskoe Buro - the CentralArtillery Design BureauUZTM - Uralskiy Zavod Tyazhelogo Mashinostroyeniya - the Ural Heavy Machine-Building Factory.UMMA - or UMM RKKA Upravlenie Motorizatzii i Mekhanizatzii Armii - the Directorate of Mechanization and Motorization of the Red Army.VChK - All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for combatting counter-revolution and sabotage.VIKZhEL - All-Union executive committee of railway trade unions.VIM BTVT - Voenno-Istoricheskij Musej Bronetankovogo Vooruzheniya i Tekhniki - the Military-Historical Museum of Armored Transporters and Tanks.VKP(b) - All-Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks).VOAO - Vsesoiuznoe Orudiino-Arsenal'noe Ob'edineniye - All-Union Artillery Arsenal Association.VOKhR - Voiska Vnutrennei Okhrany Respubliki -Troops of Internal Security of the RepublicVOKS - All-Union society for cultural links with foreign countries.VSNKh - Vysshiy Sovet Narodnogo Khozyaistva - the Supreme Soviet of the People's Economy.VTsIK - All-Russian central executive committee.VTsSPS - All-Russian central council of trade unions.YaAZ - Yaroslavskij Avtomobilniy Zavod - the Yaroslavskiy Automoblile Factory.BCXB & BDHX - Exhibition of Successes of the Soviet Agriculture,BCXB CCCP, later BDHX CCCPOKDVA - Special Red Banner Eastern ArmyPVKO - "Ready for Anti-Aircraft and Chemical Defense"?Komsomol (VLKSM), RKSM..........etc.HTO - Научное и Общество Текникал - Scientific and Tecnical Society
Guest Darrell Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 Yes ... this is VERY useful Gerd :food-smiley-004:
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