- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- 9/11 Attacks of 11 September 2001ALROSA Diamonds of Russia-SakhaAO Autonomous oblastAOk Autonomous okrugAPEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation organizationAPR Agrarian Party of RussiaASEAN Association of Southeast Asian NationsASSR Autonomous Soviet Socialist RepublicBlack PR “Black” public relationsBRIC Brazil, Russia, India, and ChinaBSEC Black Sea Economic Cooperation OrganizationCheka Extraordinary Commission to Combat Counterrevolution and SabotageCIA Central Intelligence AgencyCIS Commonwealth of Independent StatesCNG Compressed natural gasCOMECON Council for Mutual Economic AssistanceCPSU Communist Party of the Soviet UnionCST Collective Security TreatyCSTO Collective Security Treaty OrganizationDPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)EAEC Eurasian Economic CommunityEMERCOM Ministry for Emergency SituationsEU European UnionEurAsEC Eurasian Economic CommunityFBI Federal Bureau of InvestigationFNPR Federation of Independent Trade Unions of RussiaFSA Federal Space Agencyxiv • ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSFSB Federal Security ServiceFSK Federal Counterintelligence ServiceG7 Group of SevenG8 Group of EightGCTC Yury A. Gagarin State Science Research Cosmonauts Training CentreGDP Gross domestic productGKChP State Committee of the State of EmergencyGlavlit Central Publishing AgencyGUAM GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic DevelopmentGulag Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps and ColoniesICBM Intercontinental ballistic missileIGO Intergovernmental organizationIMEMO Institute for World Economy and International RelationsIRP Islamic Renaissance PartyITAR Information Telegraph Agency of RussiaKBR Kabardino-BalkariyaKFOR Kosovo ForceKGB Committee for State SecurityKGNK Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the CaucasusKKV Kuban Cossack HostKomsomol Communist Union of YouthKPRF Communist Party of the Russian FederationLDPR Liberal Democratic Party of RussiaLGBT Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenderMGIMO Moscow State Institute of International RelationsMIRV Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicleMSU Moscow State UniversityMVD Ministry of Internal AffairsNatBols National Bolshevik PartyNATO North Atlantic Treaty OrganizationNBP National Bolshevik PartyNDR Our Home—RussiaNGO Nongovernmental organizationNIS Newly Independent StatesNPSRF National-Patriotic Forces of the Russian FederationNPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation TreatyOCAC Organization of Central Asian CooperationOPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting CountriesOSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeOSI Open Society InstitutePDPA People’s Democratic Party of AfghanistanPfP Partnership for PeacePRC People’s Republic of ChinaREP Russian Ecological PartyRIA Novosti Russian Information Agency NovostiRNU Russian National UnityROC Russian Orthodox ChurchROCOR Russian Orthodox Church Outside of RussiaROK Republic of Korea (South Korea)Roscosmos Russian Federal Space AgencyRPP Russian Pensioners’ PartyRSFSR Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRT Russia TodayRunet Russian InternetSCO Shanghai Cooperation OrganizationSDPR Social Democratic Party of RussiaSPS Union of Right ForcesSSR Soviet Socialist RepublicSTART Strategic Arms Reduction TreatySVR Foreign Intelligence ServiceTASS Telegraph Agency of the Soviet UnionTSR-TKR Trans-Siberian Railroad–Trans-Korean RailroadUES Unified Energy SystemUK United KingdomUN United NationsUNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and CulturalOrganizationUOC Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchUOC-KP Ukrainian Orthodox Church—Kiev PatriarchateU.S. United StatesUSSR Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsUTO United Tajik OppositionVAT Value-added taxVKPB All-Russian Communist Party of the FutureVTOTS All-Tatar Public CenterVVS Russian Air ForceWMDs Weapons of mass destructionWTO Warsaw Treaty OrganizationWTO World Trade OrganizationZhensovet Constituent Assembly of Soviet Women
Historical Dictionary of the Russian Federation. Robert A. Saunders and Vlad Strukov. 2010.
