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VIII Standard Abbreviations in Russian 



Abbreviations pose a problem lor the student of Scientific Russian, since it is 

 impossible to standardize and list all possible abbreviations in all fields. There are 

 some abbreviations which occur over and over in all fields, and these are listed below. 

 For abbreviations not here, a student may consult the compendium: Russian Abbreviations , 

 A Selected List (see "Available Dictionaries" in the following section), or he may try to 

 expand the abbreviation by analysis of the context and inspection of the dictionary with 

 the few letters given. 



There are basically two methods of abbreviating: 1) the first or first few letters 

 of a word are given, e.g. CTp. = CTpaHMUja "page", or 2) the first and last letters are 

 given, e.g. n-ra = KMCjiora "acid". 



aT. B. = aTOMHHH BGC 

 6 . = dHBUIMM 



d. MJiM M.= doji'ee mjih weHee 

 6. ^. = 6oJibffleM qacTbio 



B.= BBH 



BB.= Bena 

 B-BO = BemecTBo'' 



B T. y.= B TOM qHCJie 



BHn.= BHnyCK 



r.= roA 



rr.= vojxu 



rji. odp.= rjiaBHHM odpaaoM 



flo H. 3.= RO HameS apH 



M flp. = M flpyrwe 



m3R. = M3flaHMe 



M3fl. = H3flaTejIbCTB0 



M np.= M npowee 



M T. fl. = H Tan flajiee 



M T. n.= M Towy noflo'dHoe 



MM. = MMBHW 

 K. Jl. = KaHOH-JIWdO 

 K. H. = HaKOM-HWdyflb 

 K-pHM = HOTo'pHM 

 H-Ta = HMCJIOTa 



jiMT. " jiMTepaTypa 



M. d. = MOHST dUTb 



M. np. = MBHfly npoqwM 

 H. B. = Hameii spn 

 Hanp. = HanpHMep 



HeK-pHH= HeKOTOpUM 

 CM. = CMOTpW 



CCCP 



CTp. = CTpaHHua 



CUIA 



T.= TOM 



T. 8. = TO eCTb 



T. K. = TaK KaK 



T. H. = TaK HasHBa'eMHii 

 TaH Ha3:= Tan Ha3HBaeMUH 

 T. 0. = TaKMM odpasoM 



TT.= TOMa' 



'atomic weight" 



"former" 



"more or less" 



"for the most part" 



"century" 



"centuries" 



"substance" 



"in that number" 



"issue" 



"year" 



"years" 



"in the main, chiefly" 



"before our era, B.C." 



"and others, etc." 



"edition" 



"publishing house" 



"and the rest, etc." 



"and so on, etc." 



"and similarly, etc." 



"having the name of" 



"some" 



"some, any" 



"who, which" 



"acid" 



"literature" 



"perhaps, maybe" 



"among other things, besides" 



"of our era, A.D." 



"for example" 



"a certain, some" 



"look, consult" 



"USSR" 



"page" 



"USA" 



"volume" 

 "that is, i.e." 

 "since, because" 

 "so-called" 



"in such fashion, thusly" 

 "volumes" 



