Abbreviations and Acronyms
| CC |
Central Committee |
| Comintern |
Communist International |
| Gosizdat |
State Publishing House of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) |
| Istpart |
Commission for the Collection, Study, and Publication of Materials on the October Revolution and History of the Communist Party |
| NS |
New Style (referring to dates on the Gregorian calendar Russia has used since 1918) |
| Okhrana (or Okhranka) |
Department for Protection of Public Security and Order |
| Okhrannik |
an officer or employee of the Okhrana |
| OS |
Old Style (referring to dates on the Julian calendar Russia used before 1918) |
| Piter |
Saint Petersburg |
| RSDRP |
Russian Social Democratic Workers’ Party |
| SD |
Social Democrat |
| SPb |
Saint Petersburg |
| SR |
Socialist Revolutionary |