Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – miscellaneous, materials and nicknames

This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for miscellaneous items, materials and nicknames in the USSR/Russia. The Latin letter names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals and variations are inevitable.


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – Aero-Engines and Equipment


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – Aircraft Designations


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – Avionics and Instruments


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – miscellaneous, materials and nicknames


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – Organisations


 * Glossary of USSR Russian aviation acronyms – Weapons and Armament

Miscellaneous
1923 All-Union Glider Meet: 1924 All-Union Glider Meet: AK:
 * Koktebel, Ukraine
 * Koktebel, Ukraine
 * Azotnaya Kislota – nitric acid

AMG: AP: AS: BDD:
 * Aviatsionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye – hydraulic fluid
 * Aviatsionnyye Pravila – aviation regulations
 * Enamel [surface finish]
 * Bombardirovshchik Dal'nevo Deystviya – bomber long range specification

Bespilotnaya Tekhnika:
 * unmanned air vehicles

Burlaki: BV:
 * Towed escort fighter research programme
 * [stend] Bombovovo Vo'oroozheniya – bomb-loading test stand Myasischev Izdeliye M test stand.

CCCP: Dooblyor:
 * Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik – USSR union of soviet socialist republics
 * understudy (second prototype)

Dozaprahvka:
 * refuelling

EKh:
 * aircraft ramp launcher for SM-30

eksportnyy:
 * export

etalon:
 * pre-production

Forsahzhem:
 * with afterburning

Gosudarstvennyye Isputaniye:
 * state acceptance tests

IKAR: Izmenyonnoye:
 * ''Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Aerogheograficheskoy Razvedki – aerogeographical prospecting measurement suite
 * altered

Katapool'teeruyennyy:
 * catapult launched

KME:
 * Komsomol'sko-Molodyozhnyy Ekipazh – Komsomol youth crew

Komsomolyets:
 * communist

Kryl'ya:
 * wings (aviation technical clubs

krylo pervoy redaktsii:
 * first edition wings (for MiG-23)

KShM:
 * Kommandno-Shtabnoy Modool – command and headquarters module

KVLT:
 * Klimovskiy Vektor Tyaghi – Klimov's vectored thrust

Letayuschchiye Leghendy:
 * flying legends airshow – Monino

Létectvi a Kosmnautika:
 * Aviation and Spaceflight magazine

LFI:
 * Lyohkiy Frontovoy Istrebitel – light tactical fighter requirement

LSSh:
 * Lyohkiy Samolyot-Shtoormovik – light attack aircraft) requirement

MFI:
 * Mnogofunktsion-al'nyy Istrebitel – multifunctional fighter requirement

MS:
 * Maghistrahl'nyy Samolyot Dvadtsat' Pervovo Veka – 21st century mainliner short haul airliner family/projects

Muskulyet:
 * muscle-power

MVL:
 * Mesnye Vozdooshnyye Linii – civilian air routes

Moskva:
 * Moscow

NTTM:
 * Naoochno-Tekhnicheskoye Tvorchestvo Molodyozhi – Scientific and Technical Achievements of Young Specialists Science fair

OTTT:
 * Obshchiye Taktiko-Teknicheskiye Trebovaniya – general operational requirement military specification

PAK DA:
 * (Russian: ППерспективный авиационный комплекс дальней авиации, Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Dalney Aviatsyi - Future Air Complex for Strategic Air Forces)

PAK FA:
 * (Russian: Перспективный авиационный комплекс фронтовой авиации, Perspektivny aviatsionny kompleks frontovoy aviatsii - Future Frontline Aircraft System for Frontal Aviation), 5th generation fighter programme

Perestroika:

PFI:
 * Perspektivnyy Frontovoy Istrebitel'  – advanced tactical fighter GOR general operational requirement

PLMI:
 * Perspektivnyy Lyohkiy Massovyy Istrebitel'  – advanced mass-produced light fighter GOR general operational requirement became LFI

PT: PU:
 * Perekhvahtchik s Treugol'nym [Krylom] – delta-wing interceptor In-house sukhoi project prefix
 * Pooskovoye Oostroystvo [dlya SM] tridtsat – ramp launcher [for Izdeliye SM-30]

Pushka:
 * cannon

Redahnnaya Komponovka:
 * step arrangement

RNS:
 * Raketa-Nositel' Samolyotnaya – air-launched space launch vehicle MiG-31

Roosskiye Vitazi:
 * Russian Knights Aerobatic Team

S:
 * (prefix) Strelovidnoye [krylo] – swept/arrow wings Sukhoi Project prefix

Salon Glavno Passazheera: Sdoov Pogranichnovo Sloya:
 * main passenger cabin
 * boundary layer blowing/control

Sekretno:
 * classified

Severnyy Zavod: SOK-UBD:
 * northern plant/factory
 * Sistema Obyektivnovo Kontrolya Oochebno-Boyevykh Deystviy – combat training objective assessment system test equipment fot MiG-31

Sparennoye Oopravleniye:
 * dual controls

Spetspodveski:
 * special external stores (externally carried nuclear weapons)

Spetspodveska:
 * special slung load (nuclear

SPS-1:
 * Sverkhzvookovoy Passazheerskiy Samolyot Pervovo Pokoleniya – first-generation supersonic airliner

SM:
 * Stend Morornyy – engine test rig section of Izdeliye M wing and fuselage with two engines and representative fuel system for ground running and fuel system tests.

Strelovidnoye Krylo:
 * swept wings

SZ: T:
 * Stalinskoye Zadanye – Stalins assignment
 * (prefix) Treugol'noye [Krylo] – delta wings Sukhoi projects prefix

TG:
 * Toplivo Ghipergolicheskoye – hypergolic fuel (self igniting)

TTT:
 * Taktiko-Teknicheskiye Trebovaniya – tactical/technical requirements military specification

Obogrev [Oroozhiya]:
 * Weapons Heating

UAK:
 * Ooniversahl'nyy Aviatsionnyy Konteyner – cargo container

UTS:
 * Oochebnotrenirovochnyy Samolyot – conversion/proficiency trainer requirement

Oopravleniye:
 * guidance

Oopravlyayemoye Oroozhiye:
 * movable armament

PKU:
 * Pogroozochnokozlovoye Oostroystvo – cargo handling gantry crane

Val'ozhka:
 * low altitude Val'ozhka was sudden wing drop due to asymmetric torsional stiffness of the wings, high altitude Val'ozhka was caused by aerodynamic asymmetry (called Phantom Diver in RAF – un-commanded wing drop at high speeds

VDNKh:
 * Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnovo Khozlaystva – national economy achievements exhibition

VNLGSS:
 * Vremennyye Normy Lyotnoy Godnosti Sverkhzvookovykh Samolyotov – airworthiness regulations for supersonic aircraft

Zavodskiye ispytaniya:
 * manufacturers development tests

Znamya truda:
 * Banner of Labour

Zvyozdnyy Gorodok:
 * Star Town

Materials
AB: AK4:
 * Aviatsionnaya Bronya – aviation armour Nickel/Molybdenum/Steel alloy
 * Aluminium alloy

AK6:
 * Aluminium alloy

AL:
 * Aluminiy Liteynyy – Aluminium Alloy [optimised for casting]

D16T:
 * Duralumin [Aluminium Alloy]

D16A-TV:
 * Duralumin [Aluminium Alloy]

Delta drevesina:
 * Birch veneers, impregnated with phenolic resin, layered in a mould and formed under pressure at 150degC

Enerzh:
 * stainless steel

KhGSA:
 * Nickel/Chrome/steel alloys

KhMA:
 * Chromium/Molybdenum/steel alloys

KhNZA:
 * Chromium/Manganese/Silicon/steel alloys

M:
 * mild steel

MA8:
 * Magnesium alloy

ML:
 * Magnesium alloy

ML5-T4:
 * Magnesium alloy

MS:
 * mild steel

OT:
 * Titanium alloy

Shpon:
 * Birch veneers layered and glued over a mould using casein or albumen glues

V93:
 * Aluminium alloy forgings

V95A-T:
 * Aluminium alloy)

VT:
 * V high-strength Titanium alloy

Nicknames
These nicknames are used for aircraft, and/or aircraft equipment, either officially in the case of avionics or unofficially for other equipment.

Aist:
 * Stork

Akula:
 * Shark

Almaz:
 * Diamond

Ametist:
 * Amethyst

Amur:

Analog:
 * Analogue

Argon:
 * Argon

Arlekin:
 * Harlequin

Atlant:
 * Atlas

Azaliya:
 * Azalea

Baget:
 * Picture frame

Bahboochka:
 * Butterfly

Baklan:
 * Cormorant

Baku:

Bar'yer:
 * Barrier

Barometr:
 * Barometer

Bars:
 * Snow Leopard

Bary:
 * Barium

Baza:
 * Base

Bereg:
 * Shore

Berkut:
 * Беркут - Berkut - Golden Eagle

Beryoza:
 * Birch Tree

Biryuza:
 * Turquoise

Bizon:
 * Bison

Blokha:
 * Flea

Booket:
 * Bouquet

Boonker:
 * Bunker

Boorya:
 * Storm

Bulet:
 * Damask steel

Buran:
 * "Бура́н" meaning "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard"

Buratino:
 * [Pinocchio]

Burlaki:

Chaika: Chemodan:
 * Seagull
 * Suitcase

Chornoye More:
 * Black Sea

Dooglasyonok:
 * baby Douglas

Doroga:
 * Road

Droozhba:
 * Friendship

Dub:
 * Oak

Dyatel:
 * Woodpecker

Dyevushkovaya Mashina:
 * Girls Machine (Grigorovich E-2 (DG-55)

Efir:
 * Ether

Ekrahn:
 * Screen

Ekrahnoplan:
 * Screen Wing

Emblema:
 * Emblem

Evkalipt:
 * Eucalyptus

Fantazmagoriya:
 * Phantasmagoria

Fasol' :
 * String Bean

Filin:
 * Horned Owl

Fleyta:
 * Flute

Fone:
 * Background

Fregat:
 * Frigate Bird?

Fregaht:
 * Frigate

Gagara:
 * Loon

Gardeniya:
 * Gardenia

Gastronom:
 * Food store/Pantry

Gheliy:
 * Helium

Geran:
 * Geranium

Globus:
 * Globe

Golovastik: Gorbatyy:
 * Tadpole
 * Hunchback

Gorizont:
 * Horizon

Grad:
 * Hail

Gratch:
 * Rook

Groza:
 * Thunderstorm

Gyunesh:
 * (Azerbaijani) Sun

Igla:
 * Needle

Ilem:
 * Elm

Ingool:
 * [river]

Initsiativa:
 * Initiative

Inzheer:
 * Fig

Iskra:
 * Spark

Ivolga:
 * Golden Oriole

Izumrud:
 * Emerald

Kaira:
 * Great Auk

Kalibrovshchik:
 * Calibrator

Kaplya:
 * Drop of liquid

Kara:
 * retribution

Karas:
 * Crucian

Kaskad:
 * Cascade

Katyusha:
 * "Катюша" meaning 'little Katy'

Kedr:
 * Cedar

Khod:
 * motion

Kholod:
 * Cold

Khrizantema:
 * Chrysanthemum

Khrom:
 * Chrome

Khrom-Nikel:
 * Nickel-Chromium

Khvadrat:
 * Square

Kinzhal:
 * Dagger

Klen:
 * Maple

Klyon:
 * Maple

Kobal't:
 * Cobalt

Komar:
 * Mosquito

Kometa:
 * Comet

Kommunar:
 * Commune Worker

Konus:
 * Cone

Koob:
 * Cube

Koopol:
 * Cupola

Koors:
 * Heading

Kop'yo:
 * Spear

Korall:
 * Coral

Korshoon:
 * Kite (bird

Krahsnyy Krest:
 * Red Cross

Krahsnyy Oktyaby:
 * Red October

Krechyet:
 * Gerfalcon

Kremniy: Kristall:
 * Silicon
 * Crystal

Kukurachka: Kukurooza:
 * Corn

Kukurooznik:
 * [slang] Corn-Duster

Kur'yer:
 * Courier

Kvant:
 * Quantum

Kvadraht:
 * Square

Kvitok:
 * Receipt (colloquial – Kvitahntsiya

Landysh:
 * Lily of the Valley

Lastochka:
 * Swallow

Latyshskiy Strelok:
 * Latvian Rifleman

Lazur:
 * Azure/Prussian Blue

Ledoboy:
 * Ice Smasher

Leera:
 * Lyre

Letayushchaya Trooba:
 * flying tube

Liana:
 * Liana Creeper

Limuzin:
 * Limousine

Lira:

Litiy:
 * Lithium

Lotos:
 * Lotus

Luch:
 * Beam

Luna:
 * Lunar

Lyutik:
 * Buttercup

Magniy:
 * Magnesium

Mak:
 * poppy

Makaka:
 * Macaque (monkey

Makhovik:
 * Flywheel

Malyutka:
 * Little one / baby

Mangoosta:
 * Mongoose

Manyovr:
 * Manoeuver

Marshroot:
 * Route

Materik:
 * Continent

Mayak:
 * Beacon

Mech:
 * Sword

Merkur:
 * Mercury

Metel:
 * Snowstorm

Meteor:
 * Meteor

Meteorit:
 * Meteorite

Mikron:
 * micron

Mindahl' :
 * Almond

Mir:
 * world

Molniya:
 * Lightning

Morskoy Zmey:
 * sea dragon

Moskva:
 * Moscow

Moskit:
 * Mosquito

Mozhzhevel'nik:
 * Juniper

Naooka:

Nel'mo:

Neon:
 * Neon

Nit' :
 * Thread

Nozhee:
 * Knives trim tabs

Ogonyok:
 * Little Light

Oka:
 * a Russian river

Okean:
 * Ocean

Ol'kha:
 * Alder

Opyt:
 * Experience / experiment

Orbita:

Orel:
 * Eagle

Oryol:
 * Eagle

Osa:
 * Wasp

Pantera:
 * Panther

Parol:
 * Password

Paroos:
 * Sail

Peleng:
 * Bearing

Pelikahn:
 * Pelican

Persey:
 * Perseus

Pion:
 * Peony

Pionyer:
 * Pioneer*Pchel – Bee

Pionerskaya Pravda:
 * Pioneers Truth

Plamya:
 * Flame

Pogahnka:
 * Toadstool

Pogoda:
 * Weather

Polyot:
 * Flight

Potok:
 * Stream

Preriya:
 * Prairie

Pritok:
 * Tributary

Privod:
 * Drive

Prizma:
 * Prism

Promor:
 * person who lives by the sea

Prostor:
 * Expanse

Prozhektor:
 * Searchlight

Ptchel:
 * Bee

Ptchelka:
 * Little Bee

Puma:
 * Puma

Put' :
 * Path/Way

Pyatidesyatka: Quantum:
 * the Fifty
 * Quantum

Radal' :
 * a contraction of Rahdiodal'nomer (radio rangefinder

Radikal:
 * Radical

Rahdooga:
 * Rainbow

Rech:
 * Speech

Redhan:
 * Planing Step

Relyef:
 * Terrain

Rezeda:
 * Mignonette

Rhoomb:
 * compass point

Rodina:
 * Motherland

Romb:
 * Rhombus

Rubin:
 * Ruby

Ruslan:
 * Ruslan (Russian legendary warrior)

Rosseeya:
 * Russia

Sablya:
 * sabre

Sapfeer:
 * Sapphire

Samotsvet:
 * Gem (old Russian

Seeren:
 * Lilac

Serpey:
 * (meaning not known – used for airborne delivered mine

Sfera:
 * Sphere

Shar:
 * Ball/Balloon

Shestikrylyy Serafim:
 * six-winged Seraph

Shkval:
 * Squall

Shompol:
 * Ramrod

Shpil:
 * Spire

Shtik:
 * Bayonet

Shtyr:
 * Rod

Skal'pel:
 * Scalpel

Sibiryak:
 * Siberian Inhabitant

Sirena:
 * Siren

Skif:
 * Scythian

Skvorets:
 * Starling

Smerch:
 * Tornado/Whirlwind

Sobol:
 * Sable

Sokol:
 * Falcon

Sopka:
 * Hill

Sorbitsiya:
 * break-off/mis-carry/abort

Soyuz:
 * Union

Sparka:
 * twin/coupled/tandem probably derived from Sparennoye Oopravleniye – dual controls

Spasatel' :
 * Rescue Worker

Spektr:
 * Spectrum

Standart:
 * Standard

Strela:
 * Arrow

Stroona:
 * String

Svod:
 * Vault/dome

Tabletka:
 * Pill/Tablet

Taifun:
 * Typhoon

Tangazh:
 * Pitch [angle]

Tarahn:
 * Ramming attack

Tigr:
 * Tiger

Topaz:
 * Yopaz

Toros:
 * Ice Hummock

Tochnost' :
 * Accuracy

Ton:
 * Tone

Toriy:
 * Thorium

Trapetsiya:
 * Trapeze

Trassa:
 * Route

Tropik:
 * Tropic

Troyanda:
 * (Ukrainian)Rose

Tsifra:
 * number

Tsiklon:
 * Cyclone

Urugan:
 * Hurricane

Utka/Ootka:
 * Duck

Ookraïna:
 * Ukraine (Ukrainian?)

Ookrop:
 * Dill

Ootyonok:
 * Duckling

Uzel:
 * Knot

V'yuga:
 * Blizzard

Veyer:
 * Fan

Vezdelyot:
 * fly anywhere aircraft/omniflyer

Vikhr:
 * Vortex

Virazh:
 * Turn

Vishnya:
 * Cherry

Vita:
 * Life(Ukrainian?

Voskhod:
 * Sunrise

Vostok:
 * East

Vozdukh:
 * Air

Vozdooshnyy Ford:
 * Aerial Ford Yakovlev AIR-5 with cabin

Vstrecha:
 * Rendezvous

Vyaz:
 * Elm

Vysota:
 * Altitude

Yakor:
 * Anchor

Yantar:
 * Amber

Yedinorog:
 * Unicorn

Yupiter:
 * Jupiter

Yadro:
 * Kernel

Yolka:
 * Fir

Zagon:
 * Coral

Zarevo:
 * Glow

Zarya:
 * Dawn

Zaslon:
 * Shield/barrier

Zebra:
 * Zebra

Zhuk:
 * Beetle

Zhuravl:
 * Crane [bird]

Zima:
 * Winter

Zlotoi Orel:
 * Golden Eagle

Znamya Truda:
 * Banner of Labour

Zvezda:
 * Star