Abbreviations and Acronyms
| CC |
Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party |
| CCC |
Central Control Commission of the RCP(b) |
| Cheka/VChK |
All-Russian Extraordinary Commission for Combatting Counterrevolution and Sabotage |
| Comintern |
Third Communist International |
| CP(b)U |
Communist Party (Bolshevik) of Ukraine |
| ECCI |
Executive Committee of the Communist International |
| Ekoso |
Economic conference or council under Council of People’s Commissars |
| GARF |
State Archive of the Russian Federation |
| Glavki |
VSNKh departments or directorates (literally ‘chief committees’) overseeing branches of industry; singular is Glavk |
| Glavtekstil |
Main Administration of Textiles Industry |
| Gomza |
State Association of Machine-Building Factories |
| Goskontrol |
State Control |
| GPU |
State Political Administration |
| Gubkom |
Gubernia Committee |
| Ispolkom |
Executive Committee |
| Komgosor |
State Construction Committee |
| Narkomfin |
People’s Commissariat of Finance |
| Narkomindel |
People’s Commissariat of Foreign Affairs |
| Narkompochtel |
People’s Commissariat of Post and Telegraph |
| Narkomprod |
People’s Commissariat of Food Supply |
| Narkomtrud |
People’s Commissariat of Labour |
| Narkomvoen |
People’s Commissariat of the Military |
| Narkomzdrav |
People’s Commissariat of Health |
| Narkomzem |
People’s Commissariat of Agriculture |
| NKPS |
People’s Commissariat for Transportation and Communications |
| OGPU |
Consolidated State Political Administration |
| Orgburo |
Organisational Bureau of the CC of the RCP(b) |
| Politburo |
Political Bureau of the CC of the RCP(b) |
| Rabkrin |
Workers’ and Peasants’ Inspectorate |
| Raikom |
Raion (district) Committee |
| RCP(b)/RKP(b) |
Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks), 1918–25 |
| Registrud |
Labour Registry |
| RGASPI |
Russian State Archive of Socio-Political History |
| ROSTA |
Russian Telegraph Agency |
| Sovkhoz |
Soviet state-owned farm |
| Sovnarkhoz |
Economic Council (local body of VSNKh) |
| Sovnarkom |
Council of People’s Commissars |
| STO |
Council of Labour and Defence |
| TsA FSB |
Central Archive of the Federal Security Service |
| TsAODM |
Central Archive of Social Movements of Moscow |
| Tsentrobalt |
Central Committee of the Baltic Fleet |
| Tsentrosoiuz |
Central Union of Consumer Cooperatives |
| TsIK |
Central Executive Committee |
| TsPTI |
Central Board of Heavy Industry |
| Uchraspred |
Registration and Distribution Department of the CC RCP(b) |
| VCP(b)/VKP(b) |
All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks), 1925–52 |
| Vneshtorg |
Commissariat of Foreign Trade |
| VSNKh |
All-Russian Council of National Economy |
| VSRM |
All-Russian Union of Metalworkers |
| VTsIK |
All-Russian Central Executive Committee [of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets] |
| VTsSPS |
All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions |
| Zhenotdel |
Women’s Department of the CC RCP(b) |