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Government Branches/Institutes |
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MAP |
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Ministerstvo aviatsionnoy promysh-lennosti |
Ministry of Aircraft Industry |
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MGB |
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Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti |
Ministry of State Security |
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MKB |
MКБ |
Mashinostro-itel'noye Konstrooktorskoye Byuro |
Machinery Design Bureau |
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MSP |
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Ministerstvo soodostroitel'noy promyshlennosti |
Ministry of Shipbuilding |
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MVD |
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Ministerstvo vnutrennikh del |
Ministry of Internal Affairs |
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Revvoyensovet |
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Revolyutsionno-voyennyy sovet |
Revolutionary Military Council |
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Military Terms |
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ADD |
AДД |
Aviatsiya dal'nego deystviya |
Long-Range Aviation |
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AK-RVGK |
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Aviatsionnyy korpus reserva Glavnogo Komandovaniya |
Air Corps of the Stavka Reserve |
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AON |
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Aviatsiya osobogo naznacheniya |
Special-Purpose Aviation |
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AVMF |
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Aviahtsiya Voyenno-morskovo flota |
Naval Aviation |
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BAD |
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bomoardirovotshnaja aviatsionnaja divizija |
Bomber Aviation Division |
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DA |
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Dal'naya aviatsiya |
Long-Range Aviation |
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FA |
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Frontovaya Aviatsiya |
Frontal Aviation |
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GAU |
ГAУ |
Glavnoye Artilleriskoye Upravleniye |
Main Artillery Directorate |
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IA |
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Istrebitel'naya aviatsiya |
Fighter Aviation |
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IA-PVO |
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Istrebitel'naya aviatsiya protivovozdushnoi oborony |
Fighter Aviation of Air Defense |
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IAD |
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istrebitel´naja aviatsionnaja divizija |
Fighter Aviation Division |
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MMG |
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Moto-manevrennaya gruppa |
Motor-Manoeuvre Group, of the Border Troops, also known as 'Motomon' |
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MV? |
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Motostrelkovyye Voyska |
Motorized Rifle Troops |
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PKO |
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Anti-Space Defense |
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PRO |
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Anti-Rocket Defense |
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PVO |
ПВO |
Protivovozdushnoi Oboroky |
National Air Defense |
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PVO-Strany |
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Voyska Protivovozdushnoy Oborony |
Troops of National Air Defense |
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PVO-SV |
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Voyska Protivovozdushnoy Oborony |
Troops of Air Defense of the Ground Forces |
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RSVN |
PCВH |
Raketnyye Voyska Strategicheskogo Naznacheniya |
Strategic Rocket Forces |
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RTV |
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Radiotekhnicheskieye Voyska |
Radio-Technical Troops |
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RVA? |
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Raketnyy Voyska i Artilleriya |
Rocket Troops and Artillery |
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ShAD |
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shturmovaja aviatsionnaja divizija |
Assault aviation Division |
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STAVKA |
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Shtab glavnogo/verkhovnogo komandovaniya |
Headquarters/Supreme High Command |
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SV |
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Sukhoputnyee Voyska |
Ground Force |
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SVAG |
CВAГ |
Sovetskaya Voennaya Administratsiya-Germanii |
Soviet Military Administration-Germany |
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TV? |
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Tankovyye Voyska |
Tank Troops |
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VDV |
ВДВ |
Vozdushno-desantnyye voiska |
Airborne Troops |
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VMF |
ВMФ |
Voyenno-morskoy flot |
Navy |
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VTA |
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Voyenno-Transportnaya Aviatsiya |
Transport Aviation |
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VV |
ВВ |
Vnnutreye Voyska |
Interior Army |
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VVS |
ВВC |
Voenno-Vozdushnyi Sily |
Air Force |
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VVS-VMF |
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Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily-Voyenno-morskoy flot |
Naval Air Force |
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ZOS |
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(Sluzhba) zemnogo obespecheniya samoletovozhdeniya |
Ground Assistance to Air Navigation Service |
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ZRV |
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Zenitnyye Raketnyye Voyska |
Zenith Rocket Troops |
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Paramilitary Organizations |
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DOSAAF |
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Dobrovol'noye obshchestvo sodeystviya Armii, Aviatsii, i flotu |
Volunteer Society to Support the Army, Aviation, and the Fleet |
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GVF |
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Grazhdanskiy voydushnyy flot |
Civil Air Fleet |
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Komsomol |
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Kommunisticheskiy soyuz molodezhi |
Young Communist League |
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ODVF |
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Obshchestvo druzey vozdushnogo flota |
Society of the Friends of the Air Fleet |
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Osoaviakhim |
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Obshchestvo sodeystviya oborone, aviatsionnomu i khimicheskomu stroitel'stvu |
Society for the Support of Defense and Aviation and Chemical Construction |
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Industrial Complexes |
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ANPK |
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Aviatsionnyy naoochno-proizvodstvennyy kompleks |
Aviation Scientific & Production Complex |
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AVAI |
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Armavirsky Voen'nyi Aviatsion'nyi Institut |
Armavir Military Aviation Institute |
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BVAI |
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Balashovsky Voen'nyi Aviatsion'ny Institut |
Balashov Military Aviation Institute |
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GAZ |
ГAЗ |
Gosudarstvennyy Aviatsionnyy Zavod |
State Aircraft Factory |
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GAZ |
ГAЗ |
Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod |
Gorky Automobile Plant |
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GKO |
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Gosudarstvennyy komitet oborony |
State Defense Committee |
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GLIT |
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Gosoodarstvennyy lyotno-ispy-tahtel'nyy tsentr |
State Flight Test Center |
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IZhMASh |
ИЖМАШ |
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Izhevsk Mechanical Works |
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KB |
КБ |
Konstruktorskoye Byuro |
Design Bureau |
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MAZ |
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Minsky Avtomobilny Zavod |
Minsk Automotive Plant |
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NPP |
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naoochno-proizvod-stvennoye predpriyahtiye |
Research & Production Enterprise |
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OKB |
OКБ |
Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro |
Development Design Bureau |
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PAZ |
ПAЗ |
Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod |
Pavlovo Automobile Plant |
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SB |
CБ |
Spetsiahl'noye Byuro |
Special Bureau |
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TsAGI |
ЦАГИ |
Tsentral'nyy Aero-gidrodinamicheskiy Institut |
Central Aero-Hydrodynamics Institute |
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UAZ |
УAЗ |
Ulyanovsky Avtomobilny Zavod |
Ulyansk Automobile Plant |
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VIAM |
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Vsesoyuznyy institut aviatsionnykh materialov |
All-Union Institute for Aviation Materials |
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ZIL |
ЗИЛ |
Zavod Imjeni Likhacheva |
(Named for Director of Plant) |
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ZIS |
ЗИC |
Zavod Imjeni Stalina |
(Named for Stalin) |
