abbreviation " ò."

[Alexei Khamin]

John,

In this case "t." certainly stands for "tetia" because it's used with the _first name only; "t." or "tov." meaning "tovarisch" was used mostly, if not excluseively, with the last name, e.g. "tov. Lenin" (that was the shortest one to type). All the best. --alexei

John Isham <jfi1 at COLUMBIA.EDU> wrote:
Hello all,

I am looking at a letter written in 1978 by an adult Russian to his aunt.
He addresses her at the very beginning of the letter as "Óâàæàåìàÿ ò. Ëþäà!"
("Uvazhaemaia t. Liuda!").

Does the "ò." ("t.") here stand for "òîâàðèù" ("tovarishch") or "ò¸òÿ"
("tetia").

Thank you,

John Isham

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