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[Loren A. Billings]

Narodnyi komissariat  oborony

There are several abbreviation dictionaries out in print:

_Slovar' sokrashenii russkogo iazyka._ Moskva:  Russkii iazyk.  1983.
     (Probably other editions.  This is the third ed.)

Scheitz, Edgar.  _Russische Abkuerzungen und Kurzwoerter._ (Translated into
     English as _Dictionary of Russian abbreviations._  Amsterdam / New
     York:  Elsevier.  1986.)

Zalucky [sic.], Henry K.  _Compressed Russian.  Russian-English dictionary
     of acronyms, semiacronyms and other abbreviations used in
     contemporary standard Russian._  Amsterdam, etc.:  Elsevier.  1991.

The abbreviation above is from the first citation, p. 268.

Hope this helps, --Loren Billings (billings at princeton.edu)