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Glossary of Soviet Terms and Abbreviations
Part 1
------------ Guys, Somtimes questions are asked what does that Abbreviation mean? We can now check this list. If you have any to add go ahead. A - Administration ABTU - 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 Point ChKZ - 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 Industry DOSAAF - Dobrovolhnoe Obxestvo Sodeistviâ 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 Security KhPZ - Kharkovskij Parovozostroitelnij Zavod - Kharkov Locomotive Factory. Komsomol (TsK VLKSM) - A youth political organization. KVVMU - Kaliningrad Higher Naval School KVVMY - 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's Commissariat 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 GPU OKB - 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. (Air Force name from 1918-1924,renamed to VVS in 1924). RKP(b) - Russian Communist Party (of the bolsheviks). RKSM - Russian Communist Union of Youth RLKSM from 1924, and VLKSM from 1926.
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