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Glossary of Russian and
USSR aviation acronyms

This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for miscellaneous items, materials and nicknames in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR. The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

Miscellaneous

1923 All-Union Glider Meet
Koktebel, Ukraine
1924 All-Union Glider Meet
Koktebel, Ukraine
AK
Azotnaya Kislota – nitric acid
AMG
Aviatsionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye – hydraulic fluid
AP
Aviatsionnye Pravila – aviation regulations
AS
Enamel
BDD
Bombardirovshchik Dal'nevo Deystviya – bomber long range specification
Bespilotnaya Tekhnika
unmanned air vehicles
Burlaki
Towed escort fighter research programme
BV
Bombovovo Vo'oroozheniya – bomb-loading test stand Myasischev Izdeliye M test stand.
СССР
Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik – USSR union of soviet socialist republics
Dubler
understudy (second prototype)
Dozapravka
refuelling
EKh
aircraft ramp launcher for SM-30
eksportny
for export
etalon
pre-production
Forsahzhem
with afterburning
Gosudarstvennye Isputaniya
state acceptance tests
IKAR
Izmeritel'nyy Kompleks Aerogheograficheskoy Razvedki – aerogeographical prospecting measurement suite
Izmenyonnoye
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
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-21
Maghistrahl'niy Samolyot Dvadtsat' Pervogo Veka – airliner of the 21st century short haul airliner family/projects
Muskulolyet
muscle-power-driven aircraft
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: Перспективный 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 Su-57
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
Perekhvahtchik s Treugol'nym – delta-wing interceptor In-house sukhoi project prefix
PU
Pooskovoye Oostroystvo tridtsat – ramp launcher
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 – swept/arrow wings Sukhoi Project prefix
Salon Glavno Passazheera
main passenger cabin
Sdoov Pogranichnovo Sloya
boundary layer blowing/control
Sekretno
classified
Severnyy Zavod
northern plant/factory
SOK-UBD
Sistema Obyektivnovo Kontrolya Oochebno-Boyevykh Deystviy – combat training objective assessment system test equipment for 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
Stalinskoye Zadanye – Stalins assignment
T
(prefix) Treugol'noye – delta wings Sukhoi projects prefix
TG
Toplivo Ghipergolicheskoye – hypergolic fuel (self igniting)
TTT
Taktiko-Teknicheskiye Trebovaniya – tactical/technical requirements military specification
Obogrev
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
Aviatsionnaya Bronya – aviation armour Nickel/Molybdenum/Steel alloy
AK4
Aluminium alloy
AK6
Aluminium alloy
AL
Aluminiy Liteynyy – Aluminium Alloy
D16T
Duralumin
D16A-TV
Duralumin
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
Russian: Беркут, romanized: Berkut, lit. '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
Burlaki
Chaika
Seagull
Chemodan
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
Tadpole
Gorbatyy
Hunchback
Gorizont
Horizon
Grad
Hail
Gratch
Rook
Groza
Thunderstorm
Gyunesh
(Azerbaijani) Sun
Igla
Needle
Ilem
Elm
Ingool
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
Silicon
Kristall
Crystal
Kukurachka
Kukurooza
Corn
Kukurooznik
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
the Fifty
Quantum
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
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Rescue Worker
Spektr
Spectrum
Standart
Standard
Strela
Arrow
Stroona
String
Svod
Vault/dome
Tabletka
Pill/Tablet
Taifun
Typhoon
Tangazh
Pitch
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
Zima
Winter
Zlotoi Orel
Golden Eagle
Znamya Truda
Banner of Labour
Zvezda
Star

References

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  2. ^ Gordon, Yefim. Komissarov, Dmitry & Sergey. OKB Yakovlev. Hinkley. Midland. 2005. ISBN 1-85780-203-9
  3. ^ Gordon, Yefim. Soviet Heavy Interceptors. Hinkley, Midland. 2004. ISBN 1-85780-191-1
  4. ^ Gordon, Yefim & Komissarov, Dmitry. Antonov An-2. Midland. Hinkley. 2004. ISBN 1-85780-162-8
  5. ^ Gordon, Yefim. Myasischev M-4 and 3M. Hinkley. Midland. 2003. ISBN 1-85780-152-0
  6. ^ Gordon, Yefim. Early Soviet Jet Fighters. Hinkley, Midland. 2002. ISBN 1-85780-139-3
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  8. ^ Gordon, Yefim. Sukhoi Interceptors. Hinkley, Midland. 2004. ISBN 1-85780-180-6
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  13. *Gordon, Yefim. Sukhoi S-37 and Mikoyan MFI. Midland. Hinkley. 2001. ISBN 1-85780-120-2
  14. Buran program
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  17. BM-14
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