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[Michael Flier]

NKO is an acronym for Narodnyj komissariat oborony. Similar historical
acronyms are listed in the 3rd edition of _Slovar' sokrashchenij russkogo
jazyka_, published in Moscow in 1983 and most probably available in all
major libraries.


Michael Flier
Slavic Dept.
Harvard University


On Sun, 25 Jun 1995, Merlin Valery wrote:

> May anyone suggest a source (an internet site) to get the list of
> Soviet abbreviations of Stalin period? In particular, I'd like to know
> what NKO would mean.
>