Numbers A B Ch D E F G I K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z
| #[k]ovpkpg | # [Kavaler.] Okrug Voennago Poseleniya Kievskoi i Podol'skoi gubernii | Nth [Cavalry] Military Settlement Region of Kiev and Podolia Provinces |
| #ab | # Artilleriiskaya brigada | Nth Artillery Brigade |
| #ad | # Artilleriiskaya Diviziya | Nth Artillery Division |
| #agr | # artilleriiskaya garnizonnaya rota | Nth Garrison-Artillery company |
| #ak | # armeiskii korpus | Nth Army Corps |
| #avu | # Aleksandrovskoe Voennoe Uchilishche | Nth Alexander Military School |
| #b#fd | # brigada #Flotskoi divizii | Nth Brigade of the Nth Naval Division |
| #bfek | #-i Baltiiskii flotskii ekipazh | Nth Baltic Naval Equipage |
| #bflb | # brigada Finskikh Lineinykh batalionov | Nth Brigade of Finnish Line Battalions |
| #bglb | # brigada Gruzinskikh Lineinykh batalionov | Nth Brigade of Georgia Line Battalions |
| #bk | # Bashkirskii Kanton | Nth Bashkir Canton |
| #bklb | # Brigada Kavkazskikh Lineinykh batalionov | Nth Brigade of Caucasus Line Battalions |
| #bklkv | # brigada Kavkazskago Lineinago Kazach'yago voiska | Nth Brigade of the Caucasian Line Cossack Host |
| #blebf | # brigada Lastovykh ekipazhei Baltiiskago flota | Nth Brigade of Baltic Fleet Cargo Equipages [crews] |
| #blechf | # brigada Lastovykh ekipzhei Chernomorskago flota | Nth Brigade of Black-Sea Fleet Cargo Equipages [crews] |
| #blkbf | # brigada Lastovykh komand Baltiiskago Flota | Nth Brigade of Cargo Detachments of the Baltic Fleet |
| #bp | # Bashkirskii polk/No. # Bashkirskii polk | Nth Bashkir Regiment/Bashkir Regiment No. N |
| #brd#pk | # Brigada Rezervnoi divizii # Pekhotnago Korpusa | Nth Brigade of the Reserve Division of the Nth Infantry Corps |
| #brgd | # brigada Rezervnoi Grenaderskoi divizii | Nth Brigade, Reserve Grenadier Division |
| #bslkv | # Brigada Sibirskago Lineinago Kazachago voiska | Nth Brigade of the Siberian Line Cossack Host |
| #bzgb | # brigada Zapasnykh Gvardeiskikh batalionov | Nth Brigade of Replacement Guard Battalions |
| #bzgrd | # brigada Zapasnoi Grenaderskoi divizii | Nth Brigade, Replacement Grenadier Division |
| #chsvek | # Chernomorskii Svodnyi ekipazh | Nth Black-Sea Combined Equipage [crew] |
| #d | # dnei | N days |
| #d#dvtl | # Distantsiya # Direktsiya Varshavskoi Telegraficheskoi linii | Nth Station of the Nth Sector of the Warsaw Telegraph Line |
| #d#o#o | # (Arabic) Distantsiya #(Roman or Arabic) Otdeleniya #(Roman) Okruga | Nth Station of the Nth Section of the Nth Region |
| #drgd | # Dragunskaya Diviziya | Nth Dragoon Division |
| #dvtl | # (Roman) Direktsiya Varshavskoi Telegraficheskoi linii | Nth Sector of the Warsaw Telegraph Line |
| #eb | # Yegerskii batalion | Nth Jäger Battalion |
| #ek | # ekipazh | Nth Equipage [naval crew] |
| #ep | # Yegerskii polk | Nth Jäger Regiment |
| #fd | # Flotskaya diviziya | Nth Fleet Division |
| #fek | # Flotskii ekipazh | Nth Naval Equipage [crew] |
| #ffek | # Finskii Flotskii Ekipazh | Nth Finnish Naval Equipage [crew] |
| #flnlp | # Finlyandskii polk | Nth Finland Regiment |
| #fnek | # Finskii ekipazh | Nth Finnish Equipage [crew] |
| #frshtb | # Furshtatskaya brigada | Nth Supply-Train Brigade |
| #frshtbn | #-i Furshtatskii batalion | Nth Supply-Train Battalion |
| #g | # god | N years |
| #gab | # Garnizonnaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Nth Garrison Artillery Brigade |
| #gek | # grebnoi ekipazh | Nth Galley Equipage (crew) |
| #gkd | #-ya Gvardeiskaya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya | Nth Guards Cavalry Division |
| #gpb | # Gvardeiskaya Pekhotnaya brigada | Nth Guards Infantry Brigade |
| #gpd | # Gvardeiskaya Pekhotnaya Diviziya | Nth Guards Infantry Division |
| #gpp | # Gruzinskii Peshii polk | Nth Georgian Foot Regiment |
| #grab | # Grenaderskaya Artilleriiskaya Brigada | Nth Grenadier Artillery Brigade |
| #grd | # Grenaderskaya Diviziya | Nth Grenadier Division |
| #grkd | #-ya Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya Kavaleriiskaya diviziya | Nth Guards Reserve Cavalry Division |
| #grp | # Grenaderskii Rezervnyi polk | Nth Guards Reserve Regiment |
| #grpb | # Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya Pekhotnaya brigada | Nth Guards Reserve Infantry Brigade |
| #grpd | # Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya Pekhotnaya diviziya | Nthe Guards Reserve Infantry Division |
| #gvstrb | # Gvardeiskii Strelkovyi batalion | Nth Guards Rifle Battalion |
| #gzp | # Grenaderskii Zapasnyi polk | Nth Grenadier Replacement Regiment |
| #kab | # Konno-Artilleriiskaya Brigada | Nth Horse-Artillery Brigade |
| #kad | # Konno-Artilleriiskaya Diviziya | Nth Horse-Artillery Division |
| #kavkkorp | #-i kavaleriiskii korpus | Nth Cavalry Corps |
| #kazp | # Kazachii polk | Nth Cossack Regiment |
| #kbn[k]p | # Kubanskii [Kazachii] polk | Nth Kuban [Cossack] Regiment |
| #kbnb | #-i Kubansk. batalion | Nth Kuban Battalion |
| #kbnlkp | # Kubanskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Nth Kuban Line Cossack Regiment |
| #kbz[k]kv | # Konnaya brigada Zabaikal'skago [Konnago] Kazach'yago voiska | Nth Horse Brigade of the Trans-Baikal [Horse] Cossack Host |
| #kd | # Kavaleriiskaya diviziya | Nth Cavalry Division |
| #kek | # korabel'nyi ekipazh | Nth Ship Equipage (crew) |
| #khpr[l]kp | # Khoperskii [Lineinyi] Kazachii polk | Nth Khoper [Line] Cossack Regiment |
| #khprp | # Khoperskii polk | Nth Khoper Regiment |
| #kird | # Kirasirskaya Diviziya | Nth Cuirassier Division |
| #kk | # Kavaleriiskii Korpus/ # Kadetskii Korpus | Nth Cavalry Corps/Nth Cadet Corps |
| #klb | #-i Kavkazskii lineinyi batalion | Nth Caucasus Line Battalion |
| #kokpvp | # Kavaleriiskii Okrug Kievskago i Podol'skago Voennago Poseleniya | Nth Cavalry Region of the Kiev and Podolia Military Settlement |
| #konvp | # Kavaleriiskii Okrug Novorossiiskago Voennago Poseleniya | Nth Cavalry Region of the New-Russia Military Settlement |
| #kouvp | # Kavaleriiskii Okrug Ukrainskago Voennago Poseleniya | Nth Cavalry Region of the Ukraine Military Settlement |
| #kp | # Konnyi polk/No. # Konnyi polk/# Karabinernyi polk | Nth Horse Regiment/No. N Horse Regiment/Nth Carabinier Regiment |
| #kpd | # Konno-Pionernyi divizion | Nth Horse-Pioneer Division |
| #kpe | # Konno-Pionernyi eskadron | Nth Horse-Pioneer Squadron |
| #kr[#ab] | #-ya konnaya rota [#-i Artilleriiskoi brigady] | Nth Horse Company [of the Nth Artillery Brigade] |
| #kstrp | #-i Kavkazskii strelkovyi polk | Nth Caucasus Rifle Regiment |
| #kvkz[l][k][p]b | # Kavkazskii [Lineinyi] [Kazachii] [Peshii] batalion | Nth Caucasian [Line] [Cossack] [Foot] Battalion |
| #kvkzk | #-i Kavkazskii Korpus | Nth Caucasus Corps |
| #kvkzkd | #-ya Kavkazskaya kavaleriiskaya diviziya | Nth Caucasus Cavalry Division |
| #kvkzlkp | # Kavkazskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Nth Caucasian Line Cossack Regiment |
| #kvkzp | #-i Kavkazskii polk | Nth Caucasian Regiment |
| #kvkzp[k]b | # Kavkazskii Peshii [Kazachii] batalion | Nth Caucasian Foot [Cossack] Battalion |
| #kvkzplkb | #-go Kavkazskii peshii Lineinyi Kazachii batalion | Nth Caucasian Foot Line Cossack Battalion |
| #kvu | # Konstantinovskoe Voennoe Uchilishche | Nth Constantine Military School |
| #l | # let | N years |
| #lb | # Lastovaya brigada | Nth Cargo Brigade |
| #lbnlkp | # Labinskii Lineinnyi Kazachii polk | Nth Laba Line Cossack Regiment |
| #lbnp | # Labinskii polk | Nth Laba Regiment |
| #lek | # Lastovyi ekipazh | Nth Cargo Equipage [crew] |
| #lgkd | # Legkaya Gvardeiskaya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya | Nth Light Guards Cavalry Division |
| #lkd | # Legkaya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya | Nth Light Cavalry Division |
| #m | # mesyats | N months |
| #mar | # Morskaya Arestantskaya rota | Nth Naval Penal Company |
| #mkk | # Moskovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Nth Moscow Cadet Corps |
| #mlrskkp | #-i Malorossiiskii Konnyi Kazachii polk | Nth Little-Russian Horse Cossack Regiment |
| #mp | # Morskoi polk | Nth Marine Regiment |
| #okivp | # Okrug Korpusa Inzhenerov Voennykh Poselenii | Nth Region of the Corps of Engineers of the Military Settlements |
| #okvs | # Okrug Korpusa Vnutrennei Strazhi | Nth Region of the Internal Guard Corps |
| #okzh | # Okrug Korpusa Zhandarmov | Nth Region of the Corps of Gendarmes |
| #ooa#p | # Otdelenie Osadnago Artilleriiskago No. # parka | Nth Section of Siege Artillery Park No. N |
| #ookvs | # Okrug Otdel'nago Korpusa Vnutrennei Strazhi | Nth Region of the Separate Corps of the Internal Guard |
| #ops | # Okrug pakhatnykh soldat | Nth Region of Agricultural Soldiers |
| #opts | # Okrug Putei Soobshcheniya | Nth Region of Ways of Communication |
| #otdse[i]vk | # (Roman or Arabic) Otdelenie Sobstvenoi E[I]V Kantselyarii | Nth Section of H.I.M.'s Own Chancellery |
| #pakv | # polk Astrakhanskago Kazach'yago voiska | Nth Regiment of the Astrakhan Cossack Host |
| #pb | #-ya peshaya brigada | Nth Foot Brigade |
| #pbn | #-yi peshii batalion/No. # Peshii Batalion | Nth Foot Battalion/No. N Foot Battalion |
| #pbppm | # polubrigada Podvizhnago Proviantskago magazina | Nth Mobile Provisions Magazine Half-Brigade |
| #pbzkv | # Peshaya brigada Zabaikal'skago Kazach'yago voiska | Nth Foot Brigade of the Trans-Baikal Cossack Host |
| #pchkb | # Peshii Chernomorskii Kazachii batalion | Nth Black-Sea Cossack Foot Battalion |
| #pd | # Pekhotnaya diviziya | Nth Infantry Division |
| #pfr | # pontonnaya Furshtatskaya rota | Nth Pontoon Train Company |
| #pfstrb | # Poselennyi Finskii Strelkovyi batalion | Nth Settled Finnish Rifle Battalion |
| #pinzhprk | #-i Polevoi Inzhenernyi Park | Nth Engineer Field Park |
| #piob | # Pionernyi batalion | Nth Pioneer Battalion |
| #piop | # Pionernyi polk | Nth Pioneer Regiment |
| #pk | # Pekhotnyi Korpus | Nth Infantry Corps |
| #pkb | # Peshii Kazachii batalion | Nth Cossack Foot Battalion |
| #pp | #-i peshii polk | Nth Foot Regiment |
| #pr | # pervykh | N first… |
| #prb | # pekhotnyi rezervnyi batalion | Nth Reserve Infantry Battalion |
| #prd | # pekhotnaya rezervnaya diviziya | Nth Reserve Infantry Division |
| #prk[a]b | # Parkovaya [Artilleriiskaya] brigada | Nth [Artillery] Park Brigade |
| #ps | # poslendnykh | N last… |
| #pslkv | (No.) # polk Sibirskago Lineinago Kazach'yago voiska | Nth Regiment of the Siberian Line Cossack Host |
| #pvu | # Pavlovskoe Voennoe Uchilishche | Nth Paul Military School |
| #rab | # Rezervnaya Artilleriiskaya Brigada | Nth Reserve Artillery Brigade |
| #rb | # Rezervnyi batalion | Nth Reserve Battalion |
| #rd | # roda/#-ya Rezervnaya diviziya | Nth class/ Nth Reserve Division |
| #rdgnb | # ya Rezervnaya Dragunskaya brigada | Nth Reserve Dragoon Brigade |
| #rgpd | #-ya Rezervnaya Gvardeiskaya Pekhotnaya diviziya | Nth Reserve Grenadier Infantry Division |
| #rgrb | #-ya Rezervnaya Grenaderskaya brigada | Nth Reserve Grenadier Brigade |
| #rkk | # Rezervnyi Kavaleriiskii Korpus | Nth Reserve Cavalry Corps |
| #rpb | # Rezervnyi Pekhotnyi batalion | Nth Reserve Infantry Battalion |
| #rpd | #-ya Rezervnaya Pekhotnaya diviziya | Nth Reserve Infantry Division |
| #rpk | # Rezervnyi Pekhotnyi Korpus | Nth Reserve Infantry Corps |
| #rsapb | # Rezervnyi Sapernyi batalion | Nth Reserve Sapper Battalion |
| #rstrb | #-ya Rezervnyi Strelkovyi batalion | Nth Reserve Rifle Battalion |
| #sak | #-i Sibirskii armeiskii korpus | Nth Siberian Army Corps |
| #sapb | # Sapernyi batalion | Nth Sapper Battalion |
| #sapbr | # Sapernaya Brigada | Nth Sapper Brigade |
| #shpek | # Shturmanskaya polu-ekipazh/poluekipazh | Nth Navigators' Half-Equipage (Half-Crew) |
| #sibak | #-i Sibirskii armeiskii korpus | Nth Siberian Army Corps |
| #sibsapb | #-i Sibirskii Sapernyi batalion | Nth Siberian Sapper Battalion |
| #snzhnlkp | # Sunzhenskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Nth Sunzha Line Cossack Regiment |
| #snzhnp | #-i Sunzhenskii polk | Nth Sunzha Regiment |
| #sr[a]br | # Svodnaya Rezervnaya [Artilleriiskaya] brigada | Nth Combined Reserve [Artillery] Brigade |
| #srb | # Svodnaya Rezervnaya batareya | Nth Combined Reserve Battery |
| #srd | # Svodnaya Rezervnaya Diviziya | Nth Combined Reserve Division |
| #srgrb | # Svodnaya Rezervnaya Grenaderskaya batareya | Nth Combined Reserve Grenadier Battery |
| #srgus | # Svodnyi Rezervnyi Gusarskii polk | Nth Combined Reserve Hussar Regiment |
| #srkab | # Svodnaya Rezervnaya Konno-Artilleriiskaya batareya | Nth Combined Reserve Horse-Artillery Battery |
| #srul | # Svodnyi Rezervnyi Ulanskii polk | Nth Combined Reserve Lancer Regiment |
| #str[r]b | # Strelkovyi [rezervnyi] batalion | Nth [Reserve] Rifle Battalion |
| #strbr | #-ya Strelkovaya brigada | Nth Rifle Brigade |
| #strp | #-i Strelkovyi polk | Nth Rifle Regiment |
| #stvr[l]kp | # Stavropol'skii [Lineinyi ] Kazachii polk | Nth Stavropol [Line] Cossack Regiment |
| #svek | # Svodnyi ekipazh | Nth Combined Equipage (Crew) |
| #tak | #-i Turkestanskii armeiskii korpus | Nth Turkestan Army Corps |
| #tlb | # Turkestanskii lineinyi batalion | Nth Turkestan Line Battalion |
| #tstrp | #-i Turkestanskii strelkovyi polk | Nth Turkestan Rifle Regiment |
| #ubvk | # Uchebnaya brigada Voennykh kantonistov | Nth Instructional Brigade of Military Cantonists |
| #uek | # Uchebnyi ekipazh | Nth Instructional Equipage (Crew) |
| #ukb | # Uchebnaya Karabinernaya brigada | Nth Instructional Carabinier Brigade |
| #ukp | # Uchebnyi Karabinernyi polk | Nth Instructional Carabinier Regiment |
| #uld | # Ulanskaya Diviziya | Nth Lancer Division |
| #umek | # Uchebnyi Morskoi ekipazh | Nth Instructional Naval Equipage (Crew) |
| #ustrb | # Uchebnyi Strelkovyi batalion | Nth Instructional Rifle Battalion |
| #ustrbr | #-ya Uchebnaya Strelkovaya brigada | Nth Instructional Rifle Brigade |
| #ustrp | # Uchebnyi Strelkovyi polk | Nth Instructional Rifle Regiment |
| #vrb | # Voenno-Rabochii batalion | Nth Military Labor Battalion |
| #vrr | # Voenno-rabochaya rota | Nth Military Labor Company |
| #vs[sp] | # Voenno-Sukhoputnyi [S.-Peterburskii] | Nth Military Army (St.-Petersburg) |
| #vsab | # Vostochno-Sibirskaya Artilleriiskaya Brigada | Nth East-Siberian Artillery Brigade |
| #zbokk | #-ya Zapasnaya brigada Otdel'nago Kavkazskago Korpusa | Nth Replacement Brigade of the Separate Caucasus Corps |
| #zgrb | #-ya Zapasnaya Grenaderskaya brigada | Nth Replacement Grenadier Brigade |
| #zpb | #-i zapasnyi pekhotnyi batalion | Nth Replacement Infantry Battalion |
| #zpd | # Zapasnaya Pekhotnaya Diviziya | Nth Replacement Infantry Division |
| #zsapb | # Zapasnyi Sapernyi batalion | Nth Replacement Sapper Battalion |
| #zstrb | # Zapasnyi Strelkovyi batalion | Nth Replacement Rifle Battalion |
| (o)uvniva | za (otlichnye) uspekhi v naukakh Imperatorskoi Voennoi Akademii | for (excellent) success in studies at the Imperial Military Academy |
| * r | * rezervnyi polk/Rezervnyi * polk | * Reserve Regiment/Reserve * Regiment |
| [#]vlglkp | #-i Volgskii Lineinnyi Kazachii polk | [Nth] Volga Line Cossack Regiment |
| [i]mkha | [IMPERATORSKAYA] Mediko-Khirurgicheskaya Akademiya | [Imperial] Medical-Surgical Academy |
| [k]atants | [Kazachii] Atamanskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Ataman [Cossack] Regiment |
| [lg]bbmp | [L.-Gv.] Batareinaya batareya EIV Velikago Knyazya Mikhaila Pavlovicha | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's [L.-Gds.] Heavy Battery |
| [n]chvb | [Nikolaevskaya]-Chesmenskaya Voennaya Bogadel'nya | [Nicholas] Chesmen Military Home |
| [n]ivb | [Nikolaevskaya-]Izmailovsaya voennaya bogadel'nya | [Nicholas] Izmailovskii Military Home |
| [p[kvs | [Prezus] Kommissii Voennago Suda [uchrezhdennoi] (pri) | [President of] the Military Court Commission [established] (at) |
| [p]bks | [polu]batalion Karantinnoi Strazhi | [Half-]Battalion of Quarantine Guards |
| [p]kntsl | [pod]kantselyarist | [Junior] Chancellery Clerk |
| 051153 | pri vzyatii, 5-go Noyabrya 1853, Turetsko-Yegipetskago parokhoda | for the capture of the Turko-Egyptian steamship on 5 Nov. 1853 |
| 061227 | opredelennyi Ustavom 6-go dekabrya 1827 goda | as established by the Regulation of 6 Dec. 1827 |
| 131054 | delo 13-go Okt. 1854 s Anglo-Frantsuzsk. voiskami, pri selenii Kadykoi | the affair with Anglo-French forces at the village of Kadykoi on 13 Oct. 1854 |
| 1chfeivgaek | 1-i Chernomorskii Flotskii Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva General-Admirala ekipazh | H.I.H. the General-Admiral's 1st Black-Sea Naval Equipage (Crew) |
| 1g | na odin god | for one year |
| 1kvkzstrmnb | 1-i Kavkazskii Strelkovyi EIV Velikago Knyazya Mikhaila Nikolaevicha batalion | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich's 1st Caucasus Rifle Battalion |
| 2chgeek | 2-i Chernomorskii Ego Korolevskago Vysochestva gertsoga edinburgskago ekipazh | H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh's 2nd Black-Sea Naval Equipage (Crew) |
| 2ipvkk | 2-i Imperatora Petra Velikago Kadetskii Korpus | Peter the Great's 2nd Cadet Corps |
| 2m | sekund-maior | Second-Major |
| 35lvkch[d]bs | za 35 letnyuyu v klassnykh chinakh [i dolzhnostyakh] bezporochnuyu sluzhbu | for 35 years of irreproachable service in classed ranks [and positions] |
| 3ggrab | 3-ya Gvardeiskaya i Grenaderskaya Artilleriiskaya Brigada | 3rd Guards and Grenadier Artillery Brigade |
| 3gmb | 3-ya EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VYSOCHESTVA VELIKAGO KNYAZYA GEORGIYA MIKHAILOVICHA BATAREYA | HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS GRAND DUKE GEORGE MIKHAILOVICH'S Battery |
| 3miakk | 3-i Moskovskii Imperatora Aleksandra II Kadetskii Korpus | Emperor Alexander II's 3rd Moscow Cadet Corps |
| 3vau | 3-e voennoe Aleksandrovskoe uchilishche | 3rd Alexander Military School |
| 50nik | pyatidesyatnik | Cossack "leader of 50," ranking below an ensign |
| 531118 | pri istrebleniem, 18 Noyabr. 1853, na Sinopsk. reide, Turetsk. eskadry | at the destruction of the Turkish squadron in the Sinope roads on 18 Nov. 1853 |
| 8381125 | Na osnovanii pravil, Vysochaishe utverzhdennykh v 25 Noyabrya 1838 g | based on the rules established by Highest Authority on 25 Nov. 1838 |
| 8510314 | VYSOCHAISHII Ukaz 14-go Marta 1851 goda | HIGHEST Ukase of 14 March 1851 |
| 8onvp | 8 okrugov Novorossiiskago Voennago Poseleniya | 8 regions of the New-Russia Military Settlement |
| 8ouvp | 8 okrugov Ukrainskikh Voennykh Poselenii | 8 regions of the Ukraine Military Settlement |
| a | ad"yutant/armiya | adjutant/army |
| a#r | Arestantskaya No. # rota | Penal Company No. # |
| a#r[gv] | Arestantskaya No. # rota [Grazhdanskago vedomstva] | Penal Company No. # , Civil Administration |
| a#r[iv] | Arestantskaya No. # rota, Inzhenernago vedomstva | Penal Company No. # , Engineering Administration |
| abkk | Aleksandrovskii-Brestskii Kadetskii Korpus | Alexander-Brest Cadet Corps |
| ad | Artilleriiskaya Diviziya | Artillery Division |
| adgrk | Artilleriiskaya Diviziya Grenaderskago Korpusa | Artillery Division of the Grenadier Corps |
| adm | admiral/admiralteistvo | admiral/admiralty |
| aechi | Artilleriiskaya Ekpeditsiya Chernomorskago Intendantstva | Artillery Office of the Black-Sea Intendance |
| ag | artilleriiskii garnizon | artillery garrison |
| ag - o | Artilleriiskie Garnizony - Okruga | artillery garrisons of the Nth Region |
| aivdvna | Aleksandrinskii Institut vospitaniya devits v Novoi-Aleksandrii | Alexander Institute for Girls in Novaya-Aleksandriya |
| aiz | Admiralteiskie Izhorskie zavody | Admiralty's Izhorsk Works |
| akhtrgus | Akhtyrskii Gusarskii polk | Akhtyrka Hussar Regiment |
| akk | Aleksandrovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Alexander Cadet Corps |
| aksh | Artilleriiskaya konoval'naya shkola | Artillery Farrier School |
| akvs | assesor kommissii voennago suda pri | Assistant Judge (Assessor) of the Military Court Commission at… |
| alkse | Aleksopol'skii yegerskii polk | Aleksopol Jäger Regiment |
| alksts | Aleksandrovskaya Tsitadel' | Alexander Citadel |
| all | na Aleksandrovskoi lente | on Alexander ribbon |
| almaz | almaznye znaki ordena/almazami ukrashennyi | decorated with diamonds |
| amkk | Aleksandrovskii maloletnyi Kadetskii Korpus | Alexander Boys' Cadet Corps |
| anl | na Anninskoi lente | on St-Anne ribbon |
| anpgpe | Anapskii Gorskii polu-eskadron | Anapa Mountain Half-Squadron |
| apr[gv] | Arestantskaya polurota [Grazhdanskogo vedomstva] | Penal Half-Company [of the Civil Administration] |
| apshrp | Apsheronskii pekhotnyi polk | Apsheron Infantry Regiment |
| aptk | aptekarskii | apothecary's |
| ar[gv] | Arestantskaya/iya rota/y [Grazhdanskago vedomstva] | Penal Company/ies [of the Civil Administration] |
| ar[iv] | Arestantskiya roty, (Inzhenernago vedomstva) | penal companies [of the Engineering Administration] |
| armk | armeiskaya kavaleriya | army cavalry (i.e. line cavalry as opposed to guards) |
| armp | armeiskaya pekhota | army infantry (i.e. line infantry as opposed to guards) |
| arsnl | arsenal | arsenal |
| arsnl#r | Arsenal'naya No. # rota | Arsenal Company No. # |
| art | artilleriiskii/po artillerii | artillery/in the artillery |
| artinzhkk | Artilleriiskii i inzhenernyi Kadetskii Korpus | Artillery and Engineers Cadet Corps |
| artinzhshlkk | Artilleriiskii i inzhenernyi Shlyakhetnyi Kadetskii Korpus | Artillery and Engineer Nobles Cadet Corps |
| artkk | Artilleriiskii Kadetskii Korpus | Artillery Cadet Corps |
| ask#p | Astrakhanskii Kazachii No. # polk | Astrakhan Cossack Regiment No. # |
| askk | Aleksandrinskii-Sirotskii Kadetskii Korpus | Alexander-Orphans' Cadet Corps |
| askv | Astrakhanskoe Kazach'e voisko | Astrakhan Cossack Host |
| ass | assessor | assessor (assistant judge) |
| astrlr | Astrakhanskaya Lastovaya rota | Astrakhan Cargo Company |
| ata | ataman | ataman |
| atsh | Artilleriiskaya Tekhnicheskaya Shkola | Artillery Technical School |
| aud | auditor | auditor (legal assistant) |
| audt | auditoriat/auditoriatskii | auditoriat |
| auvm | Auditorskoe Uchilishche Voennago Minsterstva | Auditors' School of the War Ministry |
| azkv | Azovskoe Kazach'e voisko | Azov Cossack Host |
| azvp | Azovskii pekhotnyi polk | Azov Infantry Regiment |
| b | za bolezniyu/brigada/batalion/batalionyi/batareya/s bantom | due to illness/brigade/battalion/battery/with bow |
| b#b | Batareinaya No. # batareya | Heavy Battery No. # |
| b#p | Bashkirskii No. # polk | Bashkir Regiment No. # |
| bb | bronenosnaya batareya | armored battery |
| bblgka | Batareinaya batareya L.-Gv. Konnoi Artillerii | Heavy Battery of the L.-Gds. Horse Artillery |
| bents | Borodinskii Yegerskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk (1839-55) | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Borodino Jäger Regiment |
| bf | Baltiiskii Flot | Baltic Fleet |
| bg(p)b | Balaklavskii Grecheskii (Pekhotnyi) batalion | Balaclava Greek [Infantry] Battalion |
| bgul | Bugskii Ulanskii polk | Bug Lancer Regiment |
| bk | Baltiiskii Korpus/bol'shago kresta | Baltic Fleet; of the Grand Cross |
| bkhg | bukhgalter | bookkeeper |
| bln | bol'nitsa | hospital |
| blstp | Belostokskii pekhotnyi polk | Bialystok Infantry Regiment |
| blve | Belevskii yegerskii polk | Belev Jäger Regiment |
| bm | bronzovaya medal' | bronze medal |
| bmpb | Batareinaya Ego Imp. Vysochestva Velikago Knyazya MIKHAILA PAVLOVICHA batareya | H.I.H. Grand Duke MICHAEL PAVLOVICH'S Heavy Battery |
| bmv | Bashkiro-Meshcheryakskoe voisko | Bashkir-Meshcheryak Host |
| bn | batalion | battalion |
| bo | Kavaler ordena Belago Orla | Chevalier of the Order of the White Eagle |
| bpbrvk | bataliony, polubataliony i roty voennykh kantonistov | battalions, half-battalions, and companies of military cantonists [soldiers' children] |
| Br | Baron/brigada | Baron/brigade |
| brdgm | brigad-maior/bregad-maior | brigade major |
| brg | brig | brig |
| brgd | brigadir | brigadier |
| brn | bronenosets/bronenosnyi | battleship/of a battleship or ironclad |
| brne | Bryanskii yegerskii polk | Bryansk. Jäger Regiment |
| brsgul | Borisoglebskii Ulanskii polk | Borisoglebsk Lancer Regiment |
| Brss | Baronessa | Baroness |
| brstp | Brestskii pekhotnyi polk | Brest Infantry Regiment |
| bshkrv | Bashkirskoe voisko | Bashkir Host |
| btrp | Butyrskii pekhotnyi polk | Butyrskii Infantry Regiment |
| btsm | botsman | boatswain |
| btsmm | botsmanmat | boatswain's mate |
| buld | Bugskaya Ulanskaya Diviziya | Bug Lancer Division |
| bv | byvshii | formerly |
| bvk | batalion(y) voennykh kantonistov | battalion(s) of military cantonists [soldiers' children] |
| bvs | batalion Vnutrennei Strazhi | battalion of the Internal Guard |
| bvvoch186mmk | za bezporochuyu vyslugu v ofitserskikh chinakh, 18-ti-shesti-mesyachnykh morskikh kampaniyakh | for irreproachable service in officers' ranks in 18 six-month naval cruises |
| bvvoch25l | za bezporochnuyu vyslugu, v Ofitserskikh chinakh, dvadtsati pyati let | for irreproachable service in officers' ranks for 25 years |
| ch | chast' | unit, section, part |
| ch#[k]kp | Chernomorskii No. #-go [Kazachii] Konnyi polk | Black-Sea [Cossack] Horse Regiment No. # |
| ch(i)fs | Chlen IMPERATORSKAGO Finlyandskago Senata | member of the IMPERIAL Finland Senate |
| chab | Chernomorskaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Black-Sea Artillery Brigade |
| chbl | Chernomorskaya Beregovaya Liniya | Black-Sea Coast Line (of fortifications facing inland) |
| chf | Chernomorskoi Flot | Black-Sea Fleet |
| chfp | Chernomorskoi Flot i Porty | Black-Sea Fleet and Ports |
| chgs | Chlen Gosudarstvennago Soveta | member of the Government Council |
| chgvul | Chuguevskii Ulanskii polk | Chuguev Lancer Regiment |
| chint | Chernomorskoe Intendantstvo | Black-Sea Intendance |
| chka#b | Chernomorskaya Konno-Artilleriiskaya No. # batareya | Black-Sea Horse-Artillery Battery No. # |
| chkl | Chernomorskaya kordonaya liniya | Black-Sea cordon line |
| chkm | chast' Kommissariatskaya | Commissariat section |
| chkp#b | Chernomorskii Kazachii Peshii No. # batalion | Black-Sea Cossack Foot Battalion No. # |
| chkv | Chernomorskoe Kazach'e voisko | Black-Sea Cossack Host |
| chkv#b | Chernomorskago Kazach'yago voiska No. # batalion | No. # Battalion of the Black-Sea Cossack Host |
| chl#b | Chernomorskoi Lineinnyi No. # batalion | Black-Sea Line Battalion No. # |
| chlb# | Chernomorskii Lineinyi batalion No. # | Black-Sea Line Battalion No. # |
| chnk | chinovnik | civil official |
| chop | Chinovnik osobykh poruchenii/Chinovnik po osobym porucheniyam | official for special assignments/official on special assignments |
| chopvmp#k | Chinovnik osobykh pri Voennom Ministerstve poruchenii # klassa(#=Rom.) | official Nth class on special assignments for the War Ministry |
| chpaudt | chlen polevago auditoriata | member of the field auditoriat |
| chpk#b | Chernomorskii Peshii Kazachii No. #-go batalion | Black-Sea Foot Cossack Battalion No. # |
| chpkhgg | Chernigovskii, Poltavskii i Khar'kovskii General-Gubernator | Governor-General of Chernigov, Poltava, and Kharkov Provinces |
| chppm | Chrezvychainyi Poslannik i Polnomochnyi Ministr | Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary |
| chrlb | Chernomorskii Rezervnyi Lineinyi batalion | Black-Sea Reserve Line Battalion |
| chs | chlen soveta | council member |
| chshr | Chernomorskaya Shturmanskaya rota | Black-Sea Navigator Company |
| chsl | chislyashchiisya | enrolled in, part of |
| chspsdp | chlen Skt.-Peterburgskago Soveta Detskikh Priyutov | member of the St.-Petersburg Council for Children's Shelters |
| chvs | Chlen Voennago Soveta | member of the Military Council |
| d | divizion | division (a sub-division of a regiment or battery), c.f. "diviziya" |
| d#p | Donskoi No. # polk | Don Regiment No. # |
| da | Deistvuyushchaya Armiya | Active Army |
| db | deistvuyushchie bataliony | active battalions (regular as opposed to reserve battalions) |
| dbvo | Dzharo-Belokanskii Voennyi Okrug | Dzharo-Belokan Military District (in the Caucasus) |
| dch | deistvitel'nyi chlen | active member |
| dd | deputat dvoryanstva | deputy from the nobility |
| dddii | Departament Dukhovnyk Del Inostrannykh Ispovedanii | Department of Foreign Religions |
| ddkt | divizionnyi doktor | divisional doctor |
| dds | Dvoryanskoe Deputatskoe Sobranie | Noble Deputies' Assembly |
| de | deistvuyushchie eskadrony | active squadrons (as opposed to reserve squadrons) |
| dep | departament | department |
| dg | Dezhurnyi General | duty general, general of the day |
| dgegs | Departament Gosudarstvennoi Ekonomii Gosudarstvennago Soveta | Government Senate's Department of Government Finance |
| dgstkip | Dagestanskii Konno-Irregulyarnyi polk | Daghestan Irregular Horse Regiment |
| dgstp | Dagestanskii pekhotnyi polk | Daghestan Infantry Regiment |
| dgvldgr | divizionnyi geval'diger | divisional provost marshal |
| dir | direktor/direktsiya | director/directorate |
| dk | Dukhovnaya Konsistoriya | Church Consistory |
| dk#p | Donskoi Kazachii No. # polk | Don Cossack Regiment No. # |
| dka[l]#b | Donskaya Konno-Artilleriiskaya [legkaya] No. # batareya | Don [Light] Horse-Artillery Battery No. # |
| dkabr | Donskaya Konno-Artilleriiskaya brigada | Don Horse-Artillery Brigade |
| dkr#b | Donskaya konno-rezervnaya No. # batareya | Don Reserve Horse Battery No. # |
| dkt | doktor | doctor |
| dktm | doktor meditsina | doctor of medicine |
| dkv | Donskoe Kazach'e voisko | Don Cossack Host |
| dkvr | Divizionnyi Kvartirmeister | divisional quartermaster |
| dlprz | deloproizvoditel' | clerk, executive officer |
| dlzh | dolzhnost' | duty, position, appointment |
| dn | Donskii | Don (adj.) |
| dnio | za dolgovremennoe nepribytie iz otpuska | for extended failure to return from leave |
| dnk#p | Dunaiskii Kazachii No. # polk | Danube Cossack Regiment No. # |
| dnkv | Dunaiskoe Kazach'e voisko | Danube Cossack Host |
| dnprp | Dneprovskii pekhotnyi polk | Dnieper Infantry Regiment |
| do | po domashnim obstoyatel'stvam | due to domestic circumstances (i.e. personal reasons) |
| dod | Deputat ot Dvoryan/Deputat ot Dvoryanstva | deputy from the nobles/deputy from the nobility |
| dop | dlya osobykh poruchenii | for special assignments |
| dous | za dolgovremennuyu i otlichno-userdnuyu sluzhbu | for excellent long and zealous service |
| dovgnmstr | Divizionnyi Ober-Vagenmeister | divisional senior wagonmaster |
| dp | Dvoryanskii polk/detskii priyut | Nobiliary Regiment/childrens' shelter |
| dpbdbz | Dom Prizreniya Bednykh Devits Blagorodnago Zvaniya | Home for the Care of Poor Nobleborn Girls |
| dpdosmu | dlya peresmotra i dopolneniya obshchago svoda Morskikh Ustavov | for the review and supplementing of the code of Naval Regulations |
| dpif | Dunaiskie porty i flotiliya | Danube ports and flotilla |
| dprch | dlya poruchenii | available for assignments |
| dpshoobsh | Dom Prizreniya Shtab i Ober-Ofitserov Blagotvoritel'nitsy Sheremetevoi | Sheremetev Philanthropic Home for the Care of Field and Company-grade Officers |
| dpuv...oppsvpa | prakticheskoi strel'by v Polevoi Artillerii | practical firing in the field artillery |
| dpuv1842gp... | dlya peresmotra, utverzhden. v 1842 g., Polozheniya o proizvodstve | for the review of the 1842 regulation for the production |
| drggfkvgpe | Drag. G.-F. Kn. Varshavskago Gr. Paskevicha-Erivanskago polk | General-Field Marshal Graf Paskevich of Erivan, the Prince of Warsaw's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgkn | Dragunskii EIV VK Konstantina Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgmn | Dragunskii EIV VK Mikhaila Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgmp | Dragunskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgnn | Dragunskii EIV VK Nikolaya Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgnpv | Drag. Ego Korolevskago Vys. Naslednago Printsa Virtemburgskago polk | His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Württemberg's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgnts | Dragunskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Dragoon Regiment |
| drgpan | Dragunskii Ego Korolevskago Vysochestva Printsa Aleksandra Niderlandskago polk | His Royal Highness Prince Alexander of the Netherlands' Dragoon Regiment |
| drgpeg | Dragunskii Ego Vysochestva Printsa Emiliya Gessenskago polk | His Highness Prince Emile of Hesse's Dragoon Regiment |
| drzh[#] | druzhina [No. #-go] | druzhina (mass-levy battalion) No. # |
| ds | dolgovremennoe sluzhenie | long service |
| dsg | dela s gortsami | affairs with the mountaineers |
| dshga | Divizionnaya Shkola Gvardeiskoi Artillerii | Divisional School for Guards Artillery |
| dsho | dezhurnyi shtab-ofitser | field-grade duty officer/ field-grade officer of the day |
| dss | Deistvitel'nyi Statskii Sovetnik | Actual State Councilor |
| dst | distantsiya/distantsionnyi | sector |
| dsukp | Donskoi Sborno-Uchebnyi Kazachii polk | Don Cossack Combined Instructional Regiment |
| dtlnst | za deyatel'nosti | for actions |
| dts | Deistvitel'nyi Tainyi Sovetnik | Actual Privy Councilor |
| dukp | Donskii Uchebnyi Kazachii polk | Don Cossack Instructional Regiment |
| dus | dolgovremennaya userdnaya sluzhba | long and zealous service |
| dvr | dvor | court, yard |
| dz | Dvoryanskii Zasedatel' | representative of the nobility |
| dzhr | dezhurstvo | duty office |
| efkks | Yegerskii Fel'dmarshala Kn. Kutuzova-Smolenskago polk | Field Marshal Prince Kutozov of Smolensk's Jäger Regiment |
| efkvgpe | Yegerskii Fel'dmarshala Kn. Varshavskago Gr. Paskevicha-Erivanskago p. | General-Field Marshal Graf Paskevich of Erivan, the Prince of Warsaw's Jäger Regiment |
| egakch | Yegerskii General-Ad"yutanta Knyazya Chernysheva polk | General-Adjutant Prince Chernyshev's Jäger Regiment |
| egakg | Yegerskii Generala-Ad"yutanta Knyazya Gorchakova polk | General-Adjutant Prince Gorchakov's Jäger Regiment |
| egakv | Yegerskii General-Ad"yutanta Knyazya Vorontsova polk | General-Adjutant Prince Vorontsov's Jäger Regiment |
| egkb | Ekspeditsiya Gosudarstvennykh Kreditnykh Biletov | Office of Government Credit Bills |
| egkyu | Eskadron Gvardeiskikh Kavaleriiskikh Yunkerov | Squadron of Guards Cavlary Junkers |
| eiv | EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA | HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY |
| eiv(g)nts | EIV (Gosudar') Naslednik Tsesarevich | His Imperial Highness (and Lordship) the Heir and Tsesarevich |
| eivgggrk | EIV, Glavnokomanduyushchago Gvardeiskimi i Grenaderskim Korpusami | H.I.H. the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and Grenadier Corps |
| eivgml | EGO IMPERATORSKOE VYSOCHESTVO Gertsog Maksimilian Leikhtenbergskii | HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS Duke Maximillian of Leuchtenberg |
| eivgvk | Ego Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo Gosudar' Velikii Knyaz' | His Imperial Highness and Lordship Grand Duke |
| eivgvkep | EIV Gosudarynya Velikaya Knyagina YELENA PAVLOVNA | H.I.H. and Ladyship Grand Duchess HELEN PAVLOVNA |
| eivvkem | Eya Imperatorskoe Vysochestvo Velikaya Knyagina YEKATERINA MIKHAILOVNA | Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess CATHERINE MIKHAILOVNA |
| ek | Etapnaya komanda | Étape Command, Étape Detachment (étape=stage, march distance) |
| eknts | Erivanskii Karabinernyi EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Erivan Carabinier Regiment |
| eks | ekspeditsiya | office |
| ekz | po ekzamenu | by examination |
| ekzk | ekzekutor | executive agent |
| emn | Yegerskii EIV VK Mikhaila Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michaell Nikolaevich's Jäger Regiment |
| emp | Yegerskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michaell Pavlovich's Jäger Regiment |
| emr | Evgenii Maksimilianovich Romanov | Eugene Maksimilianovich Romanov |
| enps | Yegerskii Ego Korolevskago Vysochestva Nasledn. Printsa Saksonskago polk | His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Saxony's Jäger Regiment |
| epas | Yegersk. Ego Korolevskago Vysochestva Printsa Alberta Saksonskago polk | His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxony's Jäger Regiment |
| ervnk | Erivanskii Karabinernyi polk | Erivan Carabinier Regiment |
| esk | eskadron/eskadrony/eskadr | squadron (cavalry)/of a squadron/squadron (naval) |
| estle | Estlyandskii yegerskii polk | Estonia Jäger Regiment |
| ev | EGO VELICHESTVA | HIS MAJESTY |
| evgggrk | Ego Vysochestva Glavnokomanduyushchii Gv. i Grenad. Korpusami | His Highness the Commander-in-Chief of the Guards and Grenadier Corps |
| eyu | estandart-yunker | standard-junker (distinguished officer candidate) |
| f | flot | fleet |
| f[eiv]k | Fel'd"egerskii [EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA] Korpus | HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S Feldjäger Corps (courier service) |
| fa | fligel'-ad"yutant | Flugeladjutant, aide-de-camp |
| fe | fel'd"yeger | feldjäger, courier |
| feiv | freilin [k] Eya Imperatorsago Velichestva/freilina | lady-in-waiting (Fraulein) to Her Imperial Majesty |
| fendr | fendrik | Fähnrich, ensign |
| fkips | Finlyandskii Korpus Inzhenerov Putei Soobshchenii | Finland Corps of Engineers of Ways of Communication |
| fkk | Finlyandskii Kadetskii Korpus | Finland Cadet Corps |
| fl#b | Finlyandskii [Finskii] Lineinnyi No. # batalion | Finland (Finnish) Line Battalion No. # |
| flb# | Finlyandskii [Finskii] Lineinyi batalion No. # | Finland (Finnish) Line Battalion No. # |
| fld | fel'dfebel' | Feldwebel, sergeant major |
| fldm | fel'dmarshal | field marshal |
| fldshsh | fel'dsherskaya shkola | medics' school |
| fnl | Finlyandskii | Finland (adj.) |
| fnlndrg | Finlyandskii Dragunskii polk | Finland Dragoon Regiment |
| fopsnsu | Flotiliya Okrugov pakhatn.soldat Novgorodskago i Starorusskago udelov | Flotilla of the Novgorod and Staraya-Russa Regions of Agricultural Soldiers |
| fpek | flotskii poluekipazh | naval half-équipage |
| fr | flotskaya rota | fleet company |
| frg | fregat | frigate |
| frsht | furshtat/furshtatskii | supply train |
| ft | fort | fort |
| fts | fel'dtseikhmeister | Feldzeugmeister, master of ordnance |
| fu | fekhtoval'nyi uchitel' | fencing instructor |
| fv | feierverker | fireworker, artillery noncommissioned officer |
| fye | fel'd"eger/feld"eger | Feldjäger (special courier) |
| fyu | fanen-yunker | Fahnenjunker, distinguished officer candidate |
| g | gorod/gorodskii/po Garnizonu | city, town/of a city, town/of the garrison |
| g#b | Gornaya No. # batareya | Mountain Battery No. # |
| g* r | Rezervnyi Grenaderskii * polk/Grenaderskii * rezervnyi polk | N. Reserve Grenadier Regiment |
| ga | general-ad"yutant/garnizonnaya artilleriya | general-adjutant (general officer aide-de-camp)/garrison artillery |
| ga#r | Grazhdanskaya Arestantskaya No. # rota | Civil Penal Company No. # |
| gaa#r | Garnizonnaya Artilleriiskaya No. # rota | Garrison-Artillery Company No. # |
| gad | Gvardeiskaya Artilleriiskaya diviziya | Guards Artillery Division |
| gadm | general-admiral | Admiral-General |
| gai- | Garnizonnyi Inzhener- | garrison engineer |
| gao | Garnizonnyi Artilleriiskii Okrug | garrison-artillery region |
| gash | general-anshef | general-in-chief |
| gaud | general-auditor | general auditor |
| gaudt | general-auditoriat | general auditoriat |
| gb | garnizonnyi batalion | garrison battalion |
| gb#b | Grenaderskaya Batareinaya No. # batareya | Grenadier Heavy Battery No. # |
| gbsh | Gvardeiskaya Bereitorskaya shkola | Guards Riding School |
| gegfk | Grenaderskii Erts-Gertsoga Frantsa Karla polk | Archduke Francis Charles' Grenadier Regiment |
| gek | Gvardeiskii ekipazh | Guards Equipage (naval crew) |
| gen | general | general |
| gf | general-fel'dmarshal | general-field marshal |
| gffrr | Gof-Fur'er | Hoffuhrer, court chamberlain |
| gfkvgpe | General-Fel'dmarshal Knyaz' Varshavskii Graf Paskevich-Erivanskii | General-Field Marshall the Duke of Warsaw, Graf Paskevich of Erivan |
| gfmstr | Gofmeister/Gofmeisterina | Hofmeister, master of court/mistress of court |
| gfrsht | Gvardeiskii Furshtat | guards supply train |
| gfrshtb | Gvardeiskaya Furshtatskaya brigada | Guards Train Brigade |
| gfts | general-fel'dtseikhmeister | general master of ordnance |
| gg | general-gubernator | governor-general |
| gga | Grenaderskii Graf Arakcheeva polk | Graf Arakcheev's Grenadier Regiment |
| ggfgrz | Grenaderskii General-Fel'dmarshala Grafa Rumyantsova-Zadunaiskago polk | General-Field Marshal Graf Rumyantsov of the Trans-Danube's Grenadier Regiment |
| ggks | Grenaderskii Generalissimusa Knyazya Suvorova polk | Generalissimus Prince Suvorov's Grenadier Regiment |
| ggrab | Gvardeiskaya i Grenaderskaya Artilleriiskaya Brigada | Guards and Grenadier Artillery Brigade |
| ggrk | Gvardeiskie i Grenaderskii Korpusa | Guards and Grenadier Corps |
| ggvldgr | General-Geval'diger | general-officer provost marshal |
| ggvskvvor | Gen-Gub. Vost. Sibiri i Komanduyu. voiskami, v onoi raspolozhennymi | Governor-General of Eastern Siberia and Commander of the Forces Deployed There |
| gi- | Gornyi Inzhener- | mining engineer |
| gi#[ch][p]r | Gvardeiskaya Invalidnaya No. # (chetvert'-][polu-)rota | Guards Invalid (Quarter-)(Half-)Company No. # |
| gia | Grenaderskii Imperatora Avstriiskago polk | The Emperor of Austria's Grenadier Regiment |
| gib | Gvardeiskaya Invalidnaya Brigada | Guards Invalid Brigade |
| gidro | gidrograficheskii | hydrographic |
| gif | Grenaderskii Imperatora Frantsa I polk | Emperor Francis I's Grenadier Regiment |
| gim | gimnaziya | high school |
| gimchpa | Glavnyi Inspektor Meditsinskoi chasti po Armii | Chief Medical Inspector of the Army |
| ginsp | general-inspektor | inspector-general |
| gint | general-intendant | intendant-general |
| gipich | General-Inspektor po Inzhenernoi chasti | Inspector-General of Engineers |
| gisd | Gornyya i Solyanyya Dela | Mining and Salt Affairs |
| giu | Glavnoe Inzhenernoe Uchilishche | Main Engineering School |
| gkchfp | Glavnyi Komandir Chernomorskago Flota i portov | Chief Commander of the Black-Sea Fleet and Ports |
| gkfv | Grenaderskii Korolya Fridrikha-Vil'gel'ma III polk | King Frederick William III's Grenadier Regiment |
| gkird | Gvardeiskaya Kirasirskaya Diviziya | Guards Cuirassier Division |
| gkk | Gruzinskii Kadetskii Korpus | Georgia Cadet Corps |
| gkn | Grenaderskii EIV VK Konstantina Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich's Grenadier Regiment |
| gknid | Grenaderskii Ego Velichestva Korolya Niderlandskago polk | His Majesty the King of the Netherlands' Grenadier Regiment |
| gkp | Grenaderskii Ego Velichestva Korolya Prusskago polk | His Majesty the King of Prussia's Grenadier Regiment |
| gkpd | Gosudarstvennaya Kommissiya Pogasheniya Dolgov | State Commission for the Liquidation of Debts |
| gkvr | general-kvartirmeister | quartermaster-general |
| gl | General-Leitenant/glavnyi/na Georgievskoi lente | lieutenant general/main/on St.-George ribbon |
| gl#b | Grenaderskaya Legkaya No. # batareya/Gruzinskii Linein. No. # batalion | Light Grenadier Battery No. #/Georgia Line Battalion No. # |
| glb# | Gruzinskii Lineinyi batalion No. # | Georgia Line Battalion No. # |
| glkom | glavnokomanduyushchii | commander-in-chief |
| glnach | glavnonachal'stvuyushchii | commanding-in-chief |
| glpr | Gvardeiskaya Lastovaya polurota | Guards Cargo Half-company |
| glsh | glavnyi shtab | Main Staff |
| gltse | Galitskii yegerskii polk | Galich Jäger Regiment |
| glup | Glavnoupravlyayushchii | director-in-chief |
| gluzk | Glavnoe Upravlenie Zakavkazskago kraya | Main Directorate of the Trans-Caucasus Territory |
| gm | General-Maior/General-Maiorsha | major general/major general (wife) |
| gmp | Grenaderskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Grenadier Regiment |
| gmsh | Glavnyi Morskoi Shtab | Main Naval Staff/Headquarters |
| gmshe[i]v | Glavnyi Morskoi Shtab EGO [IMPERATORSKAGO] VELICHESTVA | HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY's Main Naval Staff/Headquarters |
| gnn | Grenaderskii EIV VK Nikolaya Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich's Grenadier Regiment |
| gnpp | Grenaderskii Naslednago Printsa Prusskago polk | The Crown Prince of Prussia's Grenadier Regiment |
| gnvuznts | Glavnyi Nachal'nik Voenno-Uchebnykh Zavedenii EIV Naslednik Tsesarevich | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich, Chief Commander of Military Educational Institutions |
| goa | General-ot-Artillerii | general-of-artillery |
| goi | General-ot-Infanterii | general-of-infantry |
| gok | General-ot-Kavalerii | general-of-cavalry |
| gos | Gosudarstvennyi | State, Government |
| gossek | Gosudarstvennyi Sekretar' | Government Secretary |
| gpb | garnizonnyi polubatalion | garrison half-battalion |
| gpd | Gubernskii Predvoditel' Dvoryanstva | provincial representative of the nobility |
| gpev | Gren. Ego Korolevskago Vysochestva Printsa Yevgeniya Virtembergskag polk | His Royal Highness Prince Eugene of Württemberg's Grenadier Regiment |
| gpfn | Grenaderskii Printsa Fridrikha Niderlandskago polk | Prince Frederick of the Netherlands' Grenadier Regiment |
| gpk | Gvardeiskii Pekhotnyi Korpus | Guards Infantry Corps |
| gpo | Grenaderskii Ego Korolevsk. Vysochestva Printsa Oranskago polk/Gosudarstvennoe Podvizhnoe Opolchenie | His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange's Grenadier Regiment/Government Mobile Mass Levy |
| gpom | general-politsiimeister | police chief-general |
| gpor | general-poruchik/general-porutchik | lieutenant general [XVIII-century form of general-leitenant] |
| gprvnm | general-proviantmeister | provisions master-general |
| gpvnml | general proviantmeister-leitenant | provisions master-lieutenant general |
| Gr | Graf/Grafinya/(gr) gubernskii registrator | Graf/Grafin/government registrar |
| grab | Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Guards Reserve Artillery Brigade |
| grad | Grenaderskaya Artilleriiskaya Diviziya | Grenadier Artillery Division |
| grbn(lk)p | Grebenskii (Lineinyi kazachii) polk | Grebensk (Line Cossack) Regiment |
| grdm | gardemarin | naval cadet |
| grdn | gorodnichii | town commandant |
| grdum | Gorodskaya Rasporyaditel'naya Duma | town affairs council |
| grek | Gardkotnyi Ekipazh | coastguard équipage (crew) [from French garde-côte] |
| gren | grenader | grenadier |
| grk | Grenaderskii Korpus | Grenadier Corps |
| grkk | Gvardeiskii Rezervnyi Kavaleriiskii Korpus | Guards Reserve Cavalry Corps |
| grkp | Gorskii Kazachii polk | Mountain Cossack Regiment |
| grlb | Gruzinskii Rezervnyi Lineinyi batalion | George Reserve Line Battalion |
| grlkp | Gorskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Mountain Line Cossack Regiment |
| grp | Gorskii polk | Mountain Regiment |
| grpb | Grenaderskaya Parkovaya brigada | Grenadier Park Brigade |
| grr#b | Grenaderskaya Rezervnaya No. # batareya | Reserve Grenadier Battery No. # |
| grrab | Grenaderskaya rezervnaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Reserve Grenadier Artillery Brigade |
| grrsap[p]b | Grenaderskii Rezervnyi Sapernyi [polu]batalion | Reserve Grenadier Sapper [half-]battalion |
| grsapb | Grenaderskii Sapernyi batalion | Grenadier Sapper Battalion |
| grstrb | Grenaderskii Strelkovyi batalion | Grenadier Rifle Battalion |
| grstrrpb | Grenaderskii Strelkovskii Rezervnyi polubatal'on | Reserve Grenadier Rifle Half-battalion |
| grz#b | Grenaderskaya Zapasnaya No. # batareya | Replacement Grenadier Battery No. # |
| grzh | Grazhdanskie chiny/grazhdanskii | civil officials, ranks/civilian |
| grzhg | grazhdanskii gubernator | civil governor |
| grzhns | Grazhdanskii Nadvornyi Sud | Civil Court |
| grzhp | grazhdanskaya palata | civil court |
| grzhuzk | Grazhdanskoe Upravlenie Zakavkazskago kraya | Civil Administration of the Trans-Caucasus Territory |
| grzm | Gruzinskaya militsiya | Georgian Militia |
| grzng | Gruzinskii Grenaderskii polk | Georgia Grenadier Regiment |
| gsdk | gubernskaya stroitel'naya i dorozhnaya kommisiya | provincial road construction commission |
| gsek | Gubernskii Sekretar' | provincial secretary |
| gsh | general'nyi shtab | general staff |
| gshe[i]v | Glavnyi Shtab EGO [IMPERATORSKAGO] VELICHESTVA | HIS [IMPERIAL] MAJESTY's Main Staff/Headquarters |
| gsp | gospital' | hospital |
| gtsh | Gornaya Tekhnicheskaya Shkola/general-tseikhmeister | Technical School of Mines/general master-of-ordnance |
| gub | guberniya/gubernskii | province/provincial |
| gubprkr | gubernskii prokuror | provincial procurator |
| gusegakl | Gusarskii EIV Erts-Gertsoga Avstriiskago Karla-Lyudviga polk | H.I.H. Archduke of Austria Carl Ludwig's Hussar Regiment |
| gusegf | Gusarskii Erts-Gertsoga Ferdinanda polk | Archduke Ferdinand's Hussar Regiment |
| gusfgv | Gusarskii Fel'dmarshala Grafa Vitgenshteina polk | Field Marshal Graf Wittgenstein's Hussar Regiment |
| gusfkvgpe | Gus. Fel'dmarshala Kn. Varshavskago Gr. Paskevicha-Erivanskago polk | Field Marshal the Prince of Warsaw, Graf Paskevich of Erivan's Hussar Regiment |
| gusgagfdp | Gusarskii General-Ad"ytanta Grafa fon-der-Palena polk | General-Adjutant Graf von der Pahlen's Hussar Regiment |
| gusgagr | Gusarskii General-Ad"yutant Grafa Ridigera polk | General-Adjutant Graf Rüdiger's Hussar Regiment |
| gusgfgr | Gusarskii General-Fel'dmarshala Grafa Radetskago polk | General-Field Marshal Graf Radetzky's Hussar Regiment |
| guskg | Gusarskii Ego Velichestva Korolya Gannoverskago polk | His Majesty the King of Hanover's Hussar Regiment |
| guskn | Gusarskii EIV VK Konstantina Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich's Hussar Regiment |
| gusknid | Gusarskii Ego Velichestva Korolya Niderlandskago polk | His Majesty the King of the Netherlands' Hussar Regiment |
| guskv | Gusarskii Ego Velichestva Korolya Virtembergskago polk | His Majesty the King of Württemberg's Hussar Regiment |
| gusml | Gusarskii EIV Maksimiliana Leikhtenbergskago polk | H.I.H. Maximilian of Leuchtenberg's Hussar Regiment |
| gusmp | Gusarskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Hussar Regiment |
| gusnggsv | Gusarskii Naslednago Gross-Gertsoga Saksen-Veimarskago polk | The Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar's Hussar Regiment |
| gusnm | Gusarskii EIV Velikago Knyazya NIKOLAYA MAKSIMILIANOVICHA polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Nicholas Maximilianovich's Hussar Regiment |
| gusnts | Gusarskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Hussar Regiment |
| guson | Gusarskii EIV VK Ol'gi Nikolaevny polk | H.I.H. Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna's Hussar Regiment |
| guspfgk | Gusarskii Printsa Fridrikha Gessen-Kassel'skago polk | Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel's Hussar Regiment |
| guspfkp | Gusarskii Ego Korolevsk. Vys. Printsa Fridrikha-Karla Prusskago polk | His Royal Highness Prince Frederick-Carl of Prussia's Hussar Regiment |
| guspfvp | Gusarskii Ego Korol. Vys. Printsa Fridrikha-Vil'gel'ma Prusskago polk | His Royal Highness Prince Frederick-William of Prussia's Hussar Regiment |
| guspo | Gusarskii Printsa Oranskago polk | The Prince of Orange's Hussar Regiment |
| gv | Grazhdanskoe vedomstvo/gvardeiskii | civil administration/guards, life-guards |
| gv i- | Gvardii Inzhener- | guards engineer |
| gvgnmstr | general-vagenmeister | wagonmaster-general |
| gvgsh | Gvardeiskii General'nyi Shtab | Guards General Staff |
| gvk | Gvardeiskie Korpusa | Guards Corps (plural) |
| gvkav | gvardeiskaya kavaleriya | guards cavalry |
| gvlart | gvardeiskaya legkaya artilleriya | guards light artillery |
| gvldgr | geval'diger | provost marshal |
| gvp | gvardeiskaya pekhota | guards infantry |
| gvr[a]#b | Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya [Artilleriiskaya] No. #-go batareya | Guards Reserve [Artillery] Battery No. # |
| gvrp#b | Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya Peshaya No. # batareya | Guards Reserve Foot Battery No. # |
| gvrpb#b | Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya Peshaya Batareinaya No. # batareya | Guards Reserve Foot Heavey Battery No. # |
| gz#b | Gvardeiskaya Zapasnaya No. # batareya | Guards Replacement Battery No. # |
| gzkb | Gvardeiskaya Zapasnaya Konnaya batareya | Guards Replacement Horse Battery |
| gzsapr | Gvardeiskaya Zapasnaya Sapernaya rota | Guards Replacement Sapper Company |
| i- | Inzhener- | engineer- |
| i#r | Invalidnaya No. # rota | Invalid Company No. # |
| ial | IMPERATORSKII Aleksandrovskii Litsei | IMPERIAL Alexander Lyceum |
| iam | IMPERATORSKAYA Aleksandrovskaya Manufaktura | IMPERIAL Alexander Manufactory |
| ian | IMPERATORSKAYA Akademiya Nauk | IMPERIAL Academy of Sciences |
| iarsnl | Inzhenernyi Arsenal | Engineerin Arsenal |
| iauvf | IMPERATORSKII Aleksandrovskii Universitet v Finlyandii | IMPERAL Alexander University in Finland |
| ib | dlya izlecheniya bolezni | to recover from illness |
| ibokp | dlya izlecheniya bolezni, ot kontuzii proiskhodyashchei | to recover from illness resulting from contusion |
| iborkp | dlya izlecheniya bolezni, ot rany i kontuzii proiskhodyashchei | to recover from illness resulting from wounds and contusion |
| iborp | dlya izlecheniya bolezni, ot rany proiskhodyashchei | to recover from illness resulting from wounds |
| ibporvkpuchukp | Inspektor Batalionov, Polubatalionov i Otd. rot Voen. Kantonistov i po Uchebnoi chasti: | Inspector of Battalions, Half-battalions, and Sections of Military Cantonists, and of the Training Aspects of: |
| ibporvkpuchukp2 | Uchebnykh Karabinern. polkov, kantonistski eskadronov i batarei Rezervnoi Kavalerii | Instructional Carabinier Regiments, Cantonist Squadrons, and Batteries of Reserve Cavalry |
| icho | IMPERATORSKOE Chelovekolyubivoe Obshchestvo | IMPERIAL Philanthropic Society |
| id | ispravlyayushchii dolzhnost' | carrying out the duties of |
| iek,vfn | Invalidnyya i Etapnyya komandy, v Finlyandii nakhodyashchiyasya | invalid and étape commands in Finland |
| ig | iz Gortsev | from the Mountaineers |
| i-gen | Inzhener-General | general of engineers |
| iggrk | Inzhenery Gvardeiskago i Grenaderskago Korpusov | engineers of the Guards and Grenadier Corps |
| igk | Imperatorskaya Glavnaya Kvartira | Imperial Headquarters |
| iis | isklyuchaetsya iz spiskov | dropped from the rolls |
| iislzhb | isklyuchennyi iz sluzhby | expelled from service |
| iiv | Ikh Imperatorskiya Velichestva | Their Imperial Majesties |
| ik | Inzhenernyi Korpus/Invalidnaya komanda | Corps of Engineers/invalid command, detachment |
| ike[rk]vbvk | Inspektor Kantonistskikh Eskadronov [Rezervnoi Kavalerii] i Voronezhskikh batalionov Voennykh | Inspector of Cantonist Squadrons [of Reserve Cavalry] in the Voronezh Battalions of Military |
| ike[rk]vbvk2 | Kantonistov | Cantonists |
| ikgi | Institut Korpusa Gornykh Inzhenerov | Institute of the Corps of Mining Engineers |
| ikips | Institut Korpusa Inzhenerov Putei Soobshchenii | Institute of the Corps of Engineers of Ways of Communications |
| ikkp | Irkutskii Konnyi Kazachii polk | Irkutsk Horse Cossack Regiment |
| ikpmsch | Inzhenernyi Korpus po Morskoi Stroitel'noi chasti | Corps of Engineers for Naval Construction |
| ikps | Institut Korpusa Putei Soobshchenii | Institute of the Corps of Ways of Communications |
| iku | Imperatorskoi koronoyu ukrashennago | decorated with an Imperial crown |
| imp | IMPERATORSKII | IMPERIAL |
| insp | inspektor | inspector |
| inspch | Inspektorskaya chast' | inspector's department |
| inspdep | Inspektorskii Departament | Inspection Department |
| inspts | inspektsiya | inspectorate |
| int | intendantstvo | intendance |
| intch | Intendantskaya chast' | intendance department |
| inv | invalid/invalidnyi | invalid (noun)/ invalid (adjective) |
| inzh | inzhener/inzhenery/inzhenernyi | engineer (noun)/ engineers/ engineer (adjective) |
| inzhk | Inzhenernaya komanda | engineer command, detachment |
| io | Inzhenernyi Okrug/ispoln. obyazanost' | engineer region, district/ fulfillilng the duties of |
| ioz | Izhevskii Oruzheinyi Zavod | Izhevsk Arms Factory |
| ip | za ispolnenie poruchenii | to carry out assignments |
| ipich | Inspektor po Inzhenernei chastei/Inzheneroi chasti | Inspector of engineering matters/ engineering matters |
| ipstrb | Inspektor Poselennykh Strelkovykh batalionov | Inspector of Settled Rifle Battalions |
| ir | invalidnaya rota/dlya izlecheniya ran[y]/po Invalidnym rotam | invalid company/to recover from wounds/[assigned to] invalid companies |
| irk | dlya izlecheniya ran i kontuzii | to recover from wounds and contusion |
| irkgk | Inspektor Remontirovaniya Kavalerii Gvardeiskikh Korpusov | Inspector of Cavalry Remounts of the Guards Corps |
| irr | irregulyarnyi | irregular |
| irrbr | Irregulyarnaya Brigada | irregular brigade |
| isb | Inspektor Sapernykh batalionov | Inspector of Sapper Battalions |
| istrb | Inspektor Strelkovykh batalionov | Inspector of Rifle Battalions |
| itsich | Inspektsiya po Inzhenernei chastei | Inspectorate for Engineering Matters |
| iv | Irregulyarnyya voiska/Inzhenernoe vedomstvo | irregular forces/engineering department, administration |
| iva | Inspektor vsei artillerii | Inspector for all Artillery |
| ivak | Imperatorskaya Voennaya Akademiya | Imperial Military Academy |
| ivd | IMPERATORSKII Vospitatel'nyi Dom | IMPERIAL Home for Children |
| ivrd | ispravlyayushchii vremenno dolzhnost' | temporarily carrying out the duties of |
| ivrve | Inzhenernyya voiska raspolozhennyya v Estlyandii | engineer troops in Estonia |
| ivsd | Imperatorskii Voenno-Sirotskii Dom | Imperial Military Orphans' Home |
| ivuz | Inspektor voenno-uchebnykh zavedenii | Inspector of Military Educational Institutions |
| izl | dlya izlecheniya | to recover from |
| izvest | izvestiya | news, notification |
| k | kapitan/kavaleriya/komanda | captain/cavalry/command, detachment |
| k#p | Konnyi No. #-go polk | Horse Regiment No. # |
| k#pbppm | Konnaya No. # polubrigada Podvizhnago Proviantskago magazina | Horse Half-Brigade No. # of the Mobile Provisions Magazine |
| k[k]lkseivk | Komanda [Kavkazskikh] Lineinykh kazakov Sobstvennago EIV Konvoya | Detachment of [Caucasian] Line Cossacks of H.I.M. Own Escort |
| ka | konno-artilleriiskii/konnaya artilleriya/kollezhskii assesor | horse-artillery/horse artillery/collegiate assessor |
| ka#b/r | Konno-Artilleriiskaya No. # batareya/rota | Horse-Artillery Battery/Company No. # |
| kaa | Karabinernyi EIV VK Aleksandra Aleksandrovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Alexander Aleksandrovich's Carabinier Regiment |
| kab | Konno-Artilleriiskaya Brigada | horse-artillery brigade |
| kab#b | Konno-Artilleriiskaya Batareinaya No. # batareya | Heavy Horse-Artillery Battery No. # |
| kad | Kavkazskaya Artilleriiskaya Diviziya | Caucasus Artillery Division |
| kadm | kontr-admiral | rear admiral |
| kak#b | Konno-Artilleriiskaya Kazach'ya No. # batareya | Cossack Horse-Artillery Battery No. # |
| kal#b | Konno-Artilleriiskaya Legkaya No. # batareya | Light Horse-Artillery Battery No. # |
| kanldk | kanonerskaya lodka | gun boat |
| kar# | Konno-Artilleriiskaya rota No. # | Horse-Artillery Company No. # |
| karm | kaptenarmus | captain-at-arms, supply sergeant |
| kash | Konoval'naya Artilleriiskaya shkola | artillery farriers' school |
| kaz | kazachii | cossack |
| kb | kantonistskaya batareya | cantonist battery |
| kbne | Kubanskii yegerskii polk | Kuban Jäger Regiment |
| kbrde | Kabardinskii Yegerskii polk | Kabarda Jäger Regiment |
| kd | Kommissariatskii Departament/kantonistskii divizion | Commissariat Department/cantonist [sub-]division |
| kdnzbt | Komitet dlya nadzora za brakom tovarov | Committee for Overseeing Defective Goods |
| kdpvmkhvikhs | Kommissiya dlya postroeniya v Moskve khrama vo imya Khrista Spasitelya | Commission for building the Christ the Saviour church in Moscow |
| kdr | kadr | cadre |
| kdropischnkvzk | Kommisiya dlya revizii otchetov p Inzhenernoi i Stroitel'noi chastyam na Kavkaze i v Zakavkask. krae | Commission for revising engineering and construction accounts in the Caucasus and Trans-Caucasus Territory |
| kdt | kadet | cadet |
| ke | kantonistskii eskadron | cantonist squadron (soldiers' children) |
| kek | Konno-Etapnaya komanda | Horse-Étape detachment, command |
| kfsh | Korpus Flotskikh Shturmanov | Corps of Naval Navigators |
| kgfkbdt | Karabinernyi General-Fel'dmarshala Knyazya Barklaya-de-Tolli polk | General-Field Marshal Prince Barclay de Tolly's Carabinier Regiment |
| kggfm | Karabinernyi Gross-Gertsoga Fridrikha Meklenburgskago polk | Grand Duke Frederick of Mecklenburg's Carabinier Regiment |
| kgi | Korpus Gornykh Inzhenerov | Corps of Mining Engineers |
| kgimv | Krymskiya gryazi i iskusstvennyya mineral'nyya vody | Crimean mud baths and artificial mineral waters |
| kgipubz | Kantselyariya GOSUDARYNI IMPERATRITSY po upravleniyu Uchebnymi i Blagotvoritel'nymi Zavedeniyami | Chancellery of the SOVEREIGN EMPRESS for managing Educational and Charitable Institutions |
| kgk | Kavalerskii Gvardeiskii Korpus | Guards Cavalry Corps |
| kgrab | Kavkazskaya Grenaderskaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Caucasus Grenadier Artillery Brigade |
| kgrd | Kavkazskaya Grenaderskaya Diviziya | Caucasus Grenadier Division |
| kgrdm | korabel'nyi gardemarin | ship naval cadet |
| kgrstrb | Kavkazskii Grenaderskii Strelkovyi batalion | Caucasus Grenadier Rifle Battalion |
| kgt | Korpus Grazhdanskikh Topografov | Corps of Civil Topographers |
| kgvldgr | korpusnyi geval'diger | corps provost marshal |
| kh | Khorunzhii | khorunzhii (cossack cornet) |
| khoz | khozyaistvennyi/khozyaistvo | economic/economy |
| khprk#p | Khoperskii Kazachii No. # polk | Khoper Cossack Regiment No. # |
| khrkul | Khar'kovskii Ulanskii polk | Kharkov Lancer Regiment |
| khsd | Khozyaistvennyya i Schetnyya Dely | Economic and Accounting Affairs |
| kim | Korpus Inzhener-Mekhanikov | Corps of Mechanical Engineers |
| kimsch | Korpus Inzhenerov Morskoi Stroitel'noi chasti | Corps of Naval Construction Engineers |
| kips | Korpus Inzhenerov Putei Soobshchenii | Corps of Engineers of Ways of Communications |
| kir | kirasirskii | cuirassier |
| kirai | Kirasirskii EIV VK Aleksandry Iosifovny polk | H.I.H. Grand Duchess Alexandra Iosifovna's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirep | Kirasirskii EIV VK Yeleny Pavlovny polk | H.I.H. Grand Duchess Helen Pavlovna's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirev | Kirasirskii EYA VELICHESTVA polk | HER MAJESTY'S Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirmn | Kirasirskii EIV VK Marii Nikolaevny polk | H.I.H. Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirmp | Kirasirskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirnn | Kirasirskii EIV VK Nikolaya Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirpap | Kirasirskii Printsa Alberta Prusskago polk | Prince Albert of Prussia's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirppo | Kirasirskii Printsa Petra Ol'denburgskago polk | Prince Peter of Oldenburg's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirpvp | Kirasirskii Printsa Vil'gel'ma Prusskago polk | Prince William of Prussia's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirts | Kirasirskii Eya Imperatorskago Vysochestva Tsesarevnyi polk | Her Imperial Highness the Tsesarevna's Cuirassier Regiment |
| kirvo | Kirasirskii Voennago Ordena polk | Military Order Cuirassier Regiment |
| kivp | Korpus Inzhenerov Voennykh Poselenii | Corps of Engineers of the Military Settlements |
| kk | kommissariatskaya kommissiya/kadetskii korpus | commissariat commission/cadet corps |
| kkgd | Kavkazskii Konno-Gorskii divizion | Caucasian Mountaineer Horse Regiment |
| kki | Korpus Korabel'nykh Inzhenerov | Corps of Ship Engineers |
| kkk | Konstantinovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Constantine Cadet Corps |
| kkom | kapitan-komandor | captain-commodore |
| kl | Korpus Lesnichikh/klass | Corps of Foresters/class (civil rank) |
| kl#b | Kavkazskii Lineinnyi No. # batalion/Konno Legkaya No. # batareya | Caucasus Line Battalion No. #/Light Horse Battery No. # |
| klb# | Kavkazskii Lineinyi batalion No. # | Caucasus Line Battalion No. # |
| klkseivmpk | Komanda Lineinykh Kazakov Sobstven. EIVVK Mikhaila Pavlovicha konvoya | Line Cossack Command of H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Own Escort |
| klkv | Kavkazskoe Lineinoe Kazach'e voisko | Caucasian Line Cossack Host |
| klnv | kolonnovozhatyi | column leader (i.e. a student training for general-staff duties) |
| klseivk | Komanda Lezgin Sobstvennago EIV Konvoya | Lezgin Command of H.I.M.'s Own Escort |
| klt | kapitan-leitenant | Captain-Lieutenant (naval rank) |
| klvne | Kolyvanskii yegerskii polk | Kolyvan Jäger Regiment |
| km | Komitet Ministrov | Committee of Ministers |
| km#p | Konno-Musul'manskii No. # polk | Muslim Horse Regiment No. # |
| kma | Korpus Morskoi Artillerii | Corps of Marine Artillery |
| kmchte | Kamchatskii yegerskii polk | Kamchatka Jäger Regiment |
| kmff | Kievo-Mezhegorskaya Fayanskovaya Fabrika [Kievomezhgorskaya] | Kiev-Mezhegorskaya Pottery Factory |
| kmi | Konstantinovskii Mezhevoi Institut | Constantine Surveying Institute |
| kmndnt | komendant | commandant |
| kmndrvn | komandirovan | on assignment |
| kmrgr | kammerger, kamer-ger | Kammerherr, gentleman of the bedchamber |
| kmrp | kammer pazh/kammer-pazh/kamer-pazh | chamber page |
| kmryunkr | Kammer-Yunker | Kammerjunker, attendant of the bedchamber |
| kms | kommissiya | commission |
| kmseivk | Komanda Musul'man Sobstvennago EIV Konvoya | Muslim Command of H.I.M.'s Own Escort |
| kmsh | v Kommissariatskom shtate | of the Commissariat |
| kmsn | kommissionerstvo | commissioner's office |
| kmsr | kommisar | commissar, commissioner |
| kmt | komitet | committee |
| kmv | Kavkazskiya mineral'nyya vody | Caucasian Mineral Waters |
| kmzh | Korpus Mezhevshchikov | Corps of Surveyors |
| kmzhi | Korpus Mezhevykh Inzhenerov | Corps of Survey Engineers |
| Kn/KN | Knyaz'/Knyaginya/E.I.V. Velikii Knyaz' Konstantin Nikolaevich | Prince/Princess/H.I.H. Grand Duke Constantine Nikolaevich |
| knbrdgr | Kinburnskii Dragunskii polk | Kinburn Dragoon Regiment |
| knsl | konsul | consul |
| knstpl | konstapel' | (naval) gunner (from Dutch "konstabel") |
| knt | kontroler | comptroller |
| knts | kantselariya/kantsler | chancellery/chancellor |
| kom | komandir | commander |
| koms | komanduyushchii | commanding |
| kon | konduktor/konduktorskii | topographic or survey officer candidate or technician |
| konvkom | konvoinaya komanda | convoy command/detachment |
| kookioisgg | Komandir Otd. Orenburg. Korpusa i Orenburg. i Samarsk. Gen.-Gubernator | commander of the Separate Orenburg Corps and Orenburg and Samara Governor-General |
| kor | kornet | conet |
| koushir | Komitet ob uluchshenii shturtserov i ruzhei | Committee for improving rifles and muskets |
| koz | kozatskii | cossack (adj.) |
| kpor | kapitan-poruchik | capitain-lieutenant |
| kpre | Koporskii yegerskii polk | Kopore Jäger Regiment |
| kps | Korpus Putei Soobshcheniya | Corps of Ways of Communications |
| kpvp | Kievskoe i Podol'skoe Voennoe Poselenie | Kiev and Podolia Military Settlements |
| kpz | Kazanskii Porokhovoi Zavod | Kazan Powder Works |
| kpzgch | Komitet Prizreniya zasluzhennykh Grazhdanskikh chinovnikov | Committee for the Care of Deserving Civil Officials |
| kpzlda | Kommissiya po zagotovleniyu lesov dlya Artillerii | Commission for preparing wood for the artillery |
| kr | krepost'/kollezhski registrator | fortress/collegiate registrar |
| kr#b | Konno-Rezervnaya No. # batareya | Reserve Horse Battery No. # |
| krab | Kavkazskaya Rezervnaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Reserve Caucasus Artillery Brigade |
| krb | korabl'/korabel'nyi | ship-of-the-line |
| krgrb | Kavkazskaya Rezervnaya Grenaderskaya brigada | Reserve Caucasus Grenadier Brigade |
| kritso | Kapitul Rossiskikh IMPERATORSKIKH i Tsarskikh Ordenov | Office for IMPERIAL and Tsarist Russian Orders |
| krlb | Kavkazskii Rezervnyi Lineinyi batalion | Reserve Caucasus Line Battalion |
| krllbr | Kavkazskii Rezervnyi Lineinyi brigada | Reserve Caucasus Line Brigade |
| krmkp | Krymskii Konnyi polk | Crimean Horse Regiment |
| krmne | Kremenchugskii yegerskii polk | Kremenchug Jäger Regiment |
| krne | Kurinskii Yegerskii polk | Kura Jäger Regiment |
| krnttmzh | karantinno-tamozhennyi | quarantine-customs |
| krs | kreiser | cruiser |
| krsapb | Kavkazskii Rezervnyi Sapernyi Batalion | Caucasus Reserve Sapper Battalion |
| krv | korvet | corvette |
| ks | kollezhskii sovetnik/po Karantinnoi Strazhe | collegiate councilor/of the Quarantine Guard |
| ksapb | Kavkazskii Sapernyi batalion | Caucasus Sapper Battalion |
| ksek | kollezhskii sekretar' | collegiate secretary |
| ksh | Korpus Shturmanov | Corps of Navigators |
| kshbf | Korpus Shturmanov Baltiiskago Flota | Baltic Fleet Corps of Navigators |
| kshchmf | Korpus Shturmanov Chernomorskago Flota | Black-Sea Fleet Corps of Navigators |
| kshkf | Korpus Shturmanov Kaspiiskoi Flotilii | Caspian Flotilla Corps of Navigators |
| ksi | komanda Sluzhashchikh Invalidov | serving invalids detachment, command |
| kslkd | Kavkazskii Sbornyi Lineinyi Kazachii divizion | Combined Caucasian Line Cossack Double-Squadron |
| kslkp | Kavkazskii Sbornyi [Sborno-]Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Combined Caucasian Line Cossack Regiment |
| kstrb | Kavkazskii Strelkovyi batalion | Caucasus Rifle Battalion |
| kstre | Kostromskii yegerskii polk | Kostroma Jäger Regiment |
| ksvksu | Komitet sostavleniya voinskago Kavaleriiskoi Sluzhby ustava | Committee for the drafting of military cavalry service regulations |
| ksvpsu | Komitet sostavleniya voinskago Pekhotnoi Sluzhby ustava | Committee for the drafting of military infantry service regulations |
| kt | Korpus Topografov | Corps of Topographers |
| ktch | karantinno-tamozhennaya chast' | of the quarantine and customs |
| kto | karantinno-tamozhennyi okrug | quarantine-customs district |
| ktp | Karantinno-Tamozhennoe Pravlenie | quarantine and customs administration |
| kudpskhvn | Kommisiya, uchrezhdennaya dlya postroiki Sobornago Khrama v Novocherkaske | Commission established for building a cathedral in Novocherkask |
| kv | kazach'ya voiska/po kazach'yam voiskam | cossack hosts |
| kvk | kvartirnaya kommissiya | quartering commission |
| kvkk | Kievskii-Vladimirskii Kadetskii Korpus | Kiev-Vladimir Cadet Corps |
| kvkz | Kavkazskii | Caucasian |
| kvkzak | Kavkazskii armeiskii korpus | |
| kvkzgstrmnb | Kavkazskii Grenaderskii Strelkovyi EIV Velikago Knyazya Mikhaila Nikolaevicha batalion | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich's Caucasus Grenadier Rifle Battalion |
| kvkzgstrstrb | Kavkazskii Grenaderskii Strelkovyi batalion | Caucasus Grenadier Rifle Battalion |
| kvlr | Kavalergardskii Eya Imperatorskago Velichestva polk | Her Imperial Majesty's Cavalier Guards Regiment |
| kvpvgg | Kievskii Voennyi, Podol'skii i Volynskii General-Gubernator | Kiev Military Governor and Podolia and Volynia Governor-General |
| kvr | kvartirmistr/kvartermistr | quartermaster |
| kvrdovolv | kvartirnoe dovol'stvie voisk | quartering allotment for troops |
| kvs | Korpus Vnutrennei Strazhi | Corps of the Internal Guard |
| kvspspmdu | Kommissiya Voennago Suda, pri S.-Peterburgsk. Monetnom Dvore uchrezhd. | Commission of the Military Court established at the St.-Petersburg Mint |
| kvu | Konstantinovskoe Voennoe Uchilishche | Constantine Military School |
| kvvvpk | Komanduyushchii voiskami vo vsem Pri-Kaspiiskom krae | officer commanding the forces in the entire Caspian territory |
| kzh | Korpus Zhandarmov | Corps of Gendarmes |
| kzkmpseivk | Komanda Zakavkazskago Konnago Musul'manskago polka Sobstvennoi EIV Konvoya | Trans-Caucasian Moslem Horse Regiment detachment with H.I.M.'s Own Escort |
| kzlr-grbnp | Kizlyaro-Grebenskii polk | Kizlyar-Grebensk Regiment |
| kzlrlkp | Kizlyarskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Kizlyar Line Cossack Regiment |
| kzlrp | Kizlyarskii polk | Kizlyar Regiment |
| kzlrskp | Kizlyarskii Semeinyi Kazachii polk | Kizlyar Family Cossack Regiment |
| kzlvp | Kozlovskii pekhotnyi polk | Kozlov Infantry Regiment |
| kzn | kaznachei | government, treasury, state (adj.) |
| kzndrg | Kazanskii Dragunskii polk | Kazan Dragoon Regiment |
| kznp | kazennaya palata | treasury office |
| kznv | kaznacheistva | treasury, finance office |
| l- | leib | body(-guard) |
| l#[p]r | Laboratornaya No. # [polu]rota | Laboratory [Half-]Company No. # |
| l#b | Legkaya No. # batareya | Light Battery No. # |
| l#blgka | Legkaya No. # batareya L.-Gv. Konnoi Artillerii | L.-Gds. Horse-Artillery Light Battery No. # |
| lart | legkaya artilleriya | light artillery |
| latants | Leib-Atamanskii EGO VELICHESTVA Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | HIS MAJESTY the Heir and Tsesarevich's Leib-Ataman Regiment |
| lb | Lineinyi batalion/Lineinye bataliony | line battalion/line battalions |
| lbbf | Lastovaya brigada Baltiiskago flota | Baltic-Fleet Cargo Brigade |
| lbev | Leib-Borodinskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY's Leib-Borodino Regiment |
| lblne | Lyublinskii yegerskii polk | Lublin Jäger Regiment |
| ldrgev | Leib-Dragunskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S Leib-Dragoon Regiment |
| ldzhe | Ladozhskii yegerskii polk | Ladoga Jäger Regiment |
| lebev | Leib-Yegerskii Borodinskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S Leib-Jäger Regiment |
| lfkl | Levyi Flang Kavkazskoi Linii | Left Flank of the Caucasian Line |
| lfrshtb | Litovskaya furshtatskaya brigada | Lithuania Train Brigade |
| lg | Leib-Gvardii | Life-Guards |
| lg#ab | L.-Gv. # Artilleriiskaya Brigada | L.-Gds. # Artillery Brigade |
| lg#strfb | L.-Gv. # Strelkovyi Finskii batalion | L.-Gds. # Finnish Rifle Battalion |
| lg* r | L.-Gv. * Rezervnyi polk | L-Gds. * Reserve Regiment |
| lgatants | L.-Gv. Atamanskii Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestava Gosudarya Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | L.-Gds. His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Heir and Tsesarevich's Ataman Regiment |
| lgb#b | L.-Gv. Batareinaya No. # batareya | L.-Gds. Heavy Battery No. # |
| lgbmpb | Leib-Gvardii Batareinaya EIV Velikago Knyazya MIKHAILA PAVLOVICHA batareya | H.I.H. Grand Duke MICHAEL PAVLOVICH'S L.-Gds. Heavy Artillery Battery |
| lgchkd | L.-Gv. Chernomorskii Kazachii divizion | L.-Gds. Black-Sea Cossack Double-Squadron |
| lgdkab | L.-Gv. Donskaya Konno-Artilleriiskaya batareya | L.-Gds. Don Horse-Artillery Battery |
| lgdrg | L.-Gv. Dragunskii polk | L.-Gds. Dragoon Regiment |
| lge | L.-Gv. Yegerskii polk | L.-Gds. Jäger Regiment |
| lgeb | L.-Gv. Yegerskii batalion | L.-Gds. Jäger Battalion |
| lgf | L.-Gv. Finlyandskii polk | L.-Gds. Finland Regiment |
| lgfstrb | L.-Gv. Finskii Strelkovyi batalion | L.-Gds. Finnish Rifle Regiment |
| lgg | L.-Gv. Grenaderskii polk | L.-Gds. Grenadier Regiment |
| lggb | L.-Gv. Garnizonnyi batalion | L.-Gds. Garrison Regiment |
| lgggus | L.-Gv. Grodnenskii Gusarskii polk | L.-Gds. Grodno Hussar Regiment |
| lggt | L.-Gv. Gatchinskii polk | L.-Gds. Gatchina Regiment |
| lggus | L.-Gv. Gusarskii polk | L.-Gds. Hussar Regiment |
| lggusev | L.-Gv. Gusarskii Ego Velichestva polk | His Majesty's L.-Gds. Hussar Regiment |
| lgi | L.-Gv. Izmailovskii polk | L.-Gds. Izmailovskii Regiment |
| lgka | L.-Gv. Konnaya Artilleriya | L.-Gds. Horse Artillery |
| lgkamnb | L.-Gv. Konno-Artilleriiskaya EIV Velikago Knyazya Mikhaila Nikolaevicha batareya | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich's L.-Gds. Horse-Artillery Battery |
| lgkg | L.-Gv. Konno-Grenaderskii polk | L.-Gds. Horse-Grenadier Regiment |
| lgkgpe | L.-Gv. Kavkazsko-Gorskii polueskadron | L.-Gds. Caucasion Mountaineer Regiment |
| lgkir | L.-Gv. Kirasirskii Ego Velichestva polk | His Majesty's L.-Gds. Cuirassier Regiment |
| lgkke | L.-Gv. Kavkazskii Kazachii eskadron | L.-Gds. Caucasian Cossack Regiment |
| lgkn | L.-Gv. Konnyi polk | L.-Gds. Horse Regiment |
| lgkpd | L.-Gv. Konno-Pionernyi divizion | L.-Gds. Horse-Pioneer Double-Squadron |
| lgkt[p]e | L.-Gv. Krymsko-Tatarskii [polu-]eskadron | L.-Gds. Crimean Tatar [Half-]Squadron |
| lgkz | L.-Gv. Kazachii polk | L.-Gds. Cossack Regiment |
| lgl | L.-Gv. Litovskii polk | L.-Gds. Lithuania Regiment |
| lgl#b | L.-Gv. Legkaya No. # batareya | L.-Gds. Light Battery No. # |
| lgm | L.-Gv. Moskovskii polk | L.-Gds. Moscow Regiment |
| lgpkir | L.-Gv. Podol'skii Kirasirskii polk | L.-Gds. Podolia Cuirassier Regiment |
| lgpr | L.-Gv. Preobrazhenskii polk | L.-Gds. Preobrazhenskii Regiment |
| lgpv | L.-Gv. Pavlovskii polk | L.-Gds. Pavlovsk Regiment |
| lgr | lyuger | lugger |
| lgren | Leib-grenaderskii polk | Leib-Grenadier Regiment |
| lgrp | L.-Gv. Rezervnyi Pekhotnyi polk | L.-Gds. Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| lgryeev | Leib-Grenaderskii Yekaterinoslavskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S Yekaterinoslav Leib-Grenadier Regiment |
| lgs | L.-Gv. Semenovskii polk | L.-Gds. Semenovskii Regiment |
| lgsapb | L.-Gv. Sapernyi batalion | L.-Gds. Sapper Battalion |
| lgskp | L.-Gv. Svodnyi Kazachii polk | L.-Gds. Combined Cossack Regiment |
| lgtsrskstrb | L.-Gv. Tsarskosel'skii Strelkovyi batalion | L.-Gds. Tsarskoe-Selo Rifle Battalion |
| lgukd | L.-Gv. Ural'skii Kazachii divizion | L.-Gds. Ural Cossack Double-Squadron |
| lguke | L.-Gv. Ural'skii Kazachii eskadron | L.-Gds. Ural Cossack Squadron |
| lgul | L.-Gv. Ulanskii polk | L.-Gds. Lancer Regiment |
| lgulev | L.-Gv. Ulanskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S L.-Gds. Lancer Regiment |
| lgulmp | L.-Gv. Ulanskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's L.-Gds. Lancer Regiment |
| lgulnts | L.-Gv. Ulanskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's L.-Gds. Lancer Regiment |
| lgus | Leib-gusarskii polk | Leib-Hussar Regiment |
| lgusev | Leib-Gusarskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S Leib-Hussar Regiment |
| lgv | L.-Gv. Volynskii polk | L.-Gds. Volhynia Regiment |
| lgzhpe | L.-Gv. Zhandarmskii polueskadron | L.-Gds. Gendarme Half-Squadron |
| lk#p | Labinskii Kazachii No. # polk | Laba Cossack Regiment No. # |
| lkeev | Leib-Karabinernyi Erivanskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S Erivan Leib-Carabinier Regiment |
| lkh | Leib-Khirurg | Personal Surgeon |
| lkir | Leib-Kirasirskii polk | Leib-Cuirassier Regiment |
| lkirev | Leib-Kirasirskii Eya Velichestva polk | HER MAJESTY'S Leib-Cuirassier Regiment |
| lkirnts | Leib-Kirasirskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Leib-Cuirassier Regiment |
| lkl | Lezginskaya Kordonnaya liniya | Lezghin Cordon Line |
| lkoz | Leibkozachii polk | Leib-Cossack Regiment |
| -lkp | Linennyi Kazachii polk | - Line Cossack Regiment |
| lkr | lekar' | doctor |
| lkrb | lineinyi korabel' | ship of the line |
| lkrear[bf] | Lastovyya komandy, Rabochie ekipazhi i Arestantskiya roty [Baltiiskago Flota] | cargo detachments, labor crews, and penal companies [of the Baltic Fleet] |
| lkrearchf | Lastov. komandy, Raboch. ekipazhi i Arestantsk. roty Chernomorsk Flota | cargo detachments, labor crews, and penal companies of the Black-Sea Fleet |
| lksmpk | Lineinye Kazaki Sobstvennago EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha konvoya | Line cossacks of H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Own Escort |
| lmi | Lesnoi i Mezhevoi Institut | Forestry and Survey Institute |
| lp#ab | Letuchii park # Artilleriiskoi brigady | Flying Park of the Nth Artillery Brigade |
| lpiob | Litovskii pionernyi batalion | Lithuania Pioneer Battalion |
| lr | Lastovaya rota | cargo company (navy) |
| lsb# | Lineinyi Sibirskii batalion No. # | Siberian Line Battalion No. # |
| lsn | lesnichii | forester |
| lt | leitenant | leutenant (navy) |
| ltsg | Lyutskii Grenaderskii polk | Lutsk Grenadier Regiment |
| ltve | Litovskii yegerskii polk | Lithuania Jäger Regiment |
| ltvpiob | Litovskii Pionernyi batalion | Lithuania Pioneer Battalion |
| luld | Litovskaya Ulanskaya Diviziya | Lithuania Lancer Division |
| lulev | Leib-Ulanskii EGO VELICHESTVA polk | HIS MAJESTY'S Leib-Lancer Regiment |
| lzdlbz | lechebnoe zavedenie dlya lits blagorodnago zvaniya | medical establishment for noble-born persons |
| m | maior/morskoi/mechami | major/marine, naval/with swords |
| m#o271206 | mundirom i s pensionom # oklada, opredelennago Ustavom 6-go Dekabrya 1827 goda | with (right to wear the) uniform and a pension of # part of the sum established by the Ukase of 6 December 1827 |
| m#zh/o | s mundirom i pensionom # zhalovaniya/oklada | with (right to wear the) uniform and a pension of # part of salary |
| ma | morskaya artillery | marine artillery |
| ma#r | Morskaya arestantskaya No.# rota | Navy Penal Company No. # |
| maa | Mikhailovskaya Artilleriya Akademiya | Michael Artillery Academy |
| map | mestnyi artilleriiskii park | local artillery park |
| mar | Morskaya arestantskaya rota/Morskiya arestantskiya roty | navy penal company/navy penal companies |
| marsnl | Mestnyi Arsenal | local arsenal |
| mau | Mikhailovskoe Artilleriiskoe Uchilishche | Michael Artillery School |
| mb | Monarshee blagovolenie/MOE blagovolenie | the Monarch's favor, gratitude/OUR favor, gratitude |
| mch | michman/meditsinskaya chast' | midshipman/medical establishment |
| mdkpbkd | Moskovskaya Dvortsovaya Kontora pri Bol'shom Kremlevskom Dvortse | Moscow Court Office at the Great Kremlin Court |
| mdlnp | Modlinskii pekhotnyi polk | Modlin Infantry Regiment |
| medfak | Meditsinskii Fakul'tet | medical faculty |
| mgi | Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennykh Imushchestv | Ministry of Government Properties |
| mglvp | Mogilevskii pekhotnyi polk | Mogilev Infantry Regiment |
| mgs | po mneniyu Gosudarstvennago Soveta | in the opinion of the Ruling Senate |
| mi- | Mezhevoi Inzhener- | Survey Engineer - |
| mid | Ministr IMPERATORSKAGO Dvora | Minister of the IMPERIAL Court |
| mind | Ministerstvo Inostrannykh Del | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| minfin | Ministerstvo Finansov | Ministry of Finance |
| mk | masterovaya komanda/men'shago kresta | master craftsmen's detachment/lesser cross |
| mk#p | Malorossiiskii Kazachii No. #-go polk | Little-Russian Cossack Regiment No. # |
| mkhdsg | muzhestvo i khrabost', okazannyya v delakh s gortsami | bravery and courage displayed in affairs with the mountaineers |
| mkk | Morskoi Kadetskii Korpus | Navy Cadet Corps |
| mkopm | Moskovskii Komitet o prosyashchikh milostyni | Moscow Committee for Petitions |
| mldsh | mladshii | junior, younger |
| mlrsk#p | Malorossiiskii Kazachii No. # polk | Little-Russian Cossack Regiment No. # |
| mlts | militsiya | militia |
| mm | Morskoe Ministerstvo | Ministry of the Navy |
| mngre | Mingrel'skii yegerskii polk | Mingrelia Jäger Regiment |
| mnp | Minskii pekhotnyi polk/Ministerstvo Narodnago Prosveshcheniya | Minsk Infantry Regiment/Ministry of Popular Enlightenment (i.e. Education) |
| mob | MOE osobennoe blagovolenie | OUR special favor, gratitude |
| mos | Moskovskii Opekunskii Sovet | Moscow Welfare Council |
| mplzhn | s mundirom i pensionom po polozheniyu | with (the right to wear the) uniform and the prescribed pension |
| mpp | mundirom i polnym pensionom | with the right to wear the uniform and a full pension |
| mps | Ministerstvo Putei Soobshchenii | Ministry of Ways of Communication [i.e. Ministry of Transportation] |
| mpzh | s mundirom i pensionom polnago zhalovaniya | with (the right to wear the) uniform and a pension of full salary |
| mr | po Masterovym rotam | in master craftsmen's companies |
| mrmp | Muromskii pekhotnyi polk | Murom Infantry Regiment |
| mrshb | marshevyi batalion | march battalion |
| msb | MONARSHEE SVOE blagovolenie | HIS MONARCHAL favor, gratitude |
| msch | Morskaya Stroitel'naya chast' | Navy Construction Establishment |
| mskk | Moskovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Moscow Cadet Corps |
| mskvp | Moskovskii pekhotnyi polk | Moscow Infantry Regiment |
| mskvzhd | Moskovskii Zhandarmskii divizion | Moscow Gendarme Double-Squadron |
| mu | Ministerstvo Udelov | Ministry of Appanages |
| muk | Morskoi Uchenyi Komitet | Navy Committee of Experts |
| mun | mundir/s mundirom | uniform/with (the right to wear the) uniform |
| munpen | s mundirom i pensionom | with pension and the right to wear the uniform |
| mv | morskoe vedomstvo/mineral'nyya vody | navy, navy department/mineral waters |
| mvd | Ministerstvo Vnutrennikh Del | Ministry of Internal Affairs |
| mvkh | mladshii vakhmistr | junior (cavalry) sergeant |
| mvkk | Mikhailovskii-Voronezhskii Kadetskii Korpus | Michael-Voronezh Cadet Corps |
| myu | Ministerstvo Yustitsii | Ministry of Justice |
| mzdkkp | Mozdokskii Kazachii polk | Mozdok Cossack Regiment |
| mzdklkp | Mozdokskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Mozdok Line Cossack Regiment |
| mzdkp | Mozdokskii polk | Mozdok Regiment |
| mzh | mezhevoi | survey (adj.) |
| mzhk | Mezhevoi Korpus | Survey Corps |
| nach | nachal'nik | leader, chief, commander |
| nagdb | Nizhegorodskii Aleksandrovskii Gubernskii Dvoryanskii Bank | Alexander Nizhnii-Novgorod Provincial Nobles' Bank |
| nagsh | Nikolaevskaya Akademiya General'nago Shtaba | Nicholas General-Staff Academy |
| nata | Nakaznyi Ataman | Government Ataman |
| naz | naznachaetsya/s naznacheniem | assigned/with assignment as |
| nbgg | Novorossiiskii i Bessarabskii General-Gubernator | Governor-General of New Russia and Bessarabia |
| nbnch | za neimeniem vo verennoi emu chasti ... bezhavshikh nizhnykh chinov | for no lower-rank desertions in the unit entrusted to him |
| nbo | nakhodyashchiisya v bezsrochnom otpusky | on indefinite leave |
| nbpvvch | za to, chto ne bylo pobegov vo vverennykh chastyakh | for no desertions in the units entrusted to him |
| nch | nastoyashchii chin | current rank |
| nchvb | Nikolaevskaya-Chesmenskaya Voennaya Bogadel'nya | Nicholas-Chesme Military Almshouse |
| nd | nastoyashchaya dolzhnost' | current duty |
| ndz | nadziratel' | overseer |
| neranzh | neranzhirovannyi | without a fixed establishment, number of personel |
| ng | novyi god | new year |
| nga[kk][vg] | Novgorodskii Grafa Arakcheeva Kadetskii Korpus/Voennaya Gimnaziya [after 1866, Nizhegorodskii] | Graf Arakcheev's Novgorod Cadet Corps/Military Gymnasium [after 1866, Nizhnii-Novgorod] |
| ngs | Nachal'nik Glavnago Shtaba | Chief of the Main Staff |
| niak | Nikolaevskaya Inzhenernaya Akademiya | Nicholas Engineer Academy |
| niu | Nikolaevskoe Inzhenernoe Uchishche | Nicholas Engineer School |
| nivb | Nikolaevskaya-Izmailovskaya Voennaya Bogadel'nya | Nicholas-Izmailovskii Military Almshouse |
| nkh | s nadpis'yu "za khrabost'" | with the inscription "For Courage" |
| nkhd | nakhodyashchiisya | with, located at |
| nkhdp | nakhodyashchiisya pri | with, located at |
| nkk | Novgorodskii Kadetskii Korpus | Novgorod Cadet Corps |
| nku | Nikolaevskoe Kavaleriiskoe Uchilishche | Nicholas Cavalry School |
| nm | Nikolai Maksimilianovich/na mesto | Nicholas Maximilianovich/in place of |
| nma | Nikolaevskaya Morskaya Akademiya | Nicholas Naval Academy |
| nmp | Nevskii Morskoi polk | Neva Marine Regiment |
| nmstnk | namestnik | viceroy |
| nngkhuzdpvsaos1 | Nakhod. na gorn. Khrebte Ural'skikh Zavodov, dlya priema v sukhoputn. artilleriyu orudii, | at the mines of the Ural Mountains works for receiving army artillery guns, equipment, and other manufactured items |
| nngkhuzdpvsaos2 | snaryad. i prochikh izdelii | at the mines of the Ural Mountains works for receiving army artillery guns, equipment, and other manufactured items |
| nokgkda | Nagradnoe Otdelenie Kantselyarii Glavnokomanduyushchago D.A. | awards section of the chancellery of the Active Army |
| nop | na osnovanii polozheniya | based on regulation |
| npch | Nepremennyi Chlen | permanent member |
| npkvs | Nepremennyi Prezus Kommissii Voennago Suda [uchrezhdennoi] pri | Permanent President of the Military Court Commissione [established] at |
| nppni | Nablyudatel' po prepodavaniyu nachertatel'nykh iskusstv | inspector for instruction in graphic arts |
| nr | nestroevaya rota | noncombatant company |
| nr#r | Neposelennaya Rabochaya No. # rota | Non-Settled Labor Company No. # |
| nrdprsvshch | Narodnoe Prosveshchenie | Public Enlightenment (i.e. Education) |
| nrve | Narvskii yegerskii polk | Narva Jäger Regiment |
| nrvegakv | Narvskii Yegerskii General-Ad"yutanta Knyazya Vorontsa polk | General-Adjutant Prince Vorontsov's Narva Jäger Regiment |
| ns | nadvornyi sovetnik | court councilor |
| nsfkpvo | nachal'nik Sibirskoi flotilii i komandir portov Vostochnago okeana | commander of the Siberian Flotilla and the ports of the Eastern Ocean |
| nshlte | Neishlotskii Yegerskii polk | Nyslot Jäger Regiment |
| nsldnk | naslednik[i] | heir[s] |
| nstl | Nastoyatel' | father superior (of a monastery) |
| nts | EIV Naslednik Tsesarevich | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich |
| nts,gn | Naslednik Tsesarevich, Glavnyi Nachal'nik | the Heir and Tsesarevich, Chief Commander |
| nugyu | Nikolaevskoe uchilishche gvardeiskikh yunkerov | Nicholas School of Guards Junkers |
| nv | na vakansii | by vacancy |
| nvbo | nakhodyashchiisya v bezsrochnom otpusku | on indefinite leave |
| nvgnp | Navaginskii pekhotnyi polk | Navaginsk Infantry Regiment |
| nvgrd | Novgorodskii | Novgorod (adj.) |
| nvgrg | Novogeorgievskii | Novogeorgievsk (adj.) |
| nvgrups | Novgorodskii udel pakhatnyk soldat | Novgorod sector of agricultural soldiers |
| nvkkk | neranzhirovannyi Vladimirskii-Kievskii Kadetskii Korpus | unranked Vladimir-Kiev Cadet Corps |
| nvm | Nevskii Morskoi polk | Neva Marine Reigment |
| nvmrul | Novomirgorodskii Ulanskii polk | Novomirgorod Lancer Regiment |
| nvngp | Novoingermanlandskii pekhotnyi polk | New-Ingermanland Infantry Regiment |
| nvrkhul | Novoarkhangel'skii Ulanskii polk | Novoarkhangelsk Lancer Regiment |
| nvrsdrg | Novorossiiskii Dragunskii polk | New-Russia Dragoon Regiment |
| ny | nyne | now, currently |
| nzhgrp | Nizhegorodskii pekhotnyi polk | Nizhnii-Novgorod Infantry Regiment |
| nzopss | nagrada zaslug, okazannykh po soderzhaniyu Statuta | award for services demonstrated in maintaining the Statute |
| nzppgn | nadzor/nablyudeniya za pravil'noyu prodazheyu goryachikh napitkov | observation/oversight of the correct sale of alcoholic drinks |
| nzrpgn | nablyudeniya za radrobitel'noyu prodazheyu goryachikh napitkov | oversight of the sale of individual alcoholic drinks |
| nzve | Nizovskii yegerskii polk | Nizovsk Jäger Regiment |
| o | okrug/okruzhnyi | district, region (n.)/district, region (adj.) |
| o653 | na osnovanii 653 stat'i 4-go prodolzheniya 5-go toma Svoda Voen. Post. | based on Article 653 of the 4th Supplement to the 5th Volume of the Compilation of Military Laws |
| o8540314 | na osnovanii 4-go punkta Vysochaishago Ukaza ot 14-go Marta 1854 goda | based on Point 4 of the Highest Ukase of 14 March 1854 |
| oa#p | Osadnyi Artilleriiskii No. # park | Siege Artillery Park No. # |
| oarsnl | Okruzhnyi Arsenal | district arsenal |
| oaud | ober-auditor | senior auditor |
| obkk | Orlovskii-Bakhtina Kadetskii Korpus | Orel-Bakhtin Cadet Corps |
| obp | Obshchestvennoe Prizrenie | Public Welfare |
| obprs | Obshchee Prisutstvie | General Office |
| obyav | ob"yavlenie | announcement |
| odka | Obraztsovyi divizion Kazach'ei Artillerii | Model Division of Cossack Artillery ("divizion" = 4 guns) |
| odse | Odesskii yegerskii polk | Odessa Jäger Regiment |
| of | Okhotskaya Flotiliya | Okhotsk Flotilla |
| ofek | Okhotskii Flotskii ekipazh | Okhotsk Naval Equipage (Crew) |
| ofk | Otdel'nyi Finlyandskii Korpus | Separate Finland Corps |
| ofstrsh | ofitserskay strelkovaya shkola | officers rifle school |
| og | Ordonans-gauz/okruzhnyi general | Ordnance House/district general |
| ogfmstr | ober-gofmeister | Senior Marshal of the Court |
| ogrk | Otdel'nyi Grenaderskii Korpus | Separate Grenadier Corps |
| ogvk | Otdel'nyi Gvardeiskii Korpus | Separate Guards Corps |
| ogvldgr | Ober-Geval'diger | senior provost marshal |
| oimvtlmk | Odessk. iskusstv. mineral'n. vody i tamosh. Limansk. i morsk. kupal'ni | Odessa artificial mineral waters and the Liman sea baths there |
| oimvtmk | Odesskiya iskusstvennyya mineral'nyya vody i tamosh. morskiya kupal'ni | Odessa artificial mineral waters and the sea baths there |
| oip | Osadnyi Inzhenernyi park | engineer siege park |
| oipyukrpdyep | ob inostr. poselentsakh Yuzh. Kraya Rossii po delam Yevreisk.poselenii | for foreign settlers in the southern part of Russia in regard to Jewish settlements' affairs |
| oisgg | Orenburgskii i Samarskii General-Gubernator | Orenburg and Samara Governor-General |
| ok#p | Orenburgskii Kazachii No. # polk | Orenburg Cossack Regiment No. # |
| okab | Obraztsovaya Konno-Artilleriiskaya batareya | Model Horse-Artillery Battery |
| okb | Obraztsovaya Konnaya batareya | Model Horse Battery |
| okd | Obraztsovyi Kazachii divizion | Model Cossack Division ("divizion" = 4 guns) |
| okdd | dlya opredeleniya k drugim delam | for assignment to other matters |
| okhm | otlichnaya khrabost' i muzhestvo | outstanding courage and bravery |
| okhte | Okhotskii yegerskii polk | Okhotsk. Jäger Regiment |
| okk | Otdel'nyi Kavkazskii Korpus | Separate Caucasus Corps |
| okkad | Obraztsovyi Kazachii Konno-Artilleriiskii divizion | Model Cossack Horse-Artillery Division ("divizion" = 4 guns) |
| okmndnt | ober-komendant | senior commandant |
| okmrgr | ober-kammerger | senior gentleman of the bedchamber |
| oknt | Ober-Kontroler | senior comptroller |
| okp | Obraztsovyi Kavaleriiskii polk | Model Cavalry Regiment |
| okpgs | Otdel'nyi Korpus Pogranichnoi Strazhi | Separate Border Guard Corps |
| okr | okruzhnyi | regional, district |
| oksd | opredelenie k statskim delam | appointment to civil service |
| okv | Orenburgskoe Kazach'e Voisko | Orenburg Cossack Host |
| okv#p | Orenburgskago Kazach'yago voiska No. # polk | Orenburg Cossack Host Regiment No. # |
| okvr | Ober-Kvartirmeister | senior quartermaster |
| okvs | Otdel'nyi Korpus Vnutrennikh Soobshchenii | Separate Corps of Internal Communications |
| okz | Okhtenskoe kapsul'noe zavedenie | Okhtensk. Cartridge Establishment |
| ol#b | Orenburgskii Lineinnyi No. # batalion | Orenburg Line Battalion No. # |
| olb# | Orenburgskii Lineinyi batalion No. # | Orenburg Line Battalion No. # |
| olk | Otdel'nyi Litovskii korpus | Separate Lithuania Corps |
| olntsp | Olonetskii pekhotnyi polk | Olonets Infantry Regiment |
| olsn | Okruzhnyi Lesnichii | District Forester |
| olvpul | Olviopol'skii Ulanskii polk | Olviopol Lancer Regiment |
| omb | osobennoe MONARSHEE blagovolenie | special MONARCHAL favor, gratitude |
| omp | Omskii pekhotny polk | Omsk Infantry Regiment |
| onach | okruzhnyi nachal'nik | district chief |
| onkk | Orenburgskii-Neplyuevskii Kadetskii Korpus | Orenburg-Nepluev Cadet Corps |
| ood | otreshaetsya ot dolzhnosti | suspended from duty |
| ook | Otdel'nyi Orenburgskii Korpus | Separate Orenburg Corps |
| oos | otstavleniem ot sluzhby/otstavlyaetsya ot sluzhby/otstavlen ot sluzhby | removal from service/removed from service |
| oovdpg | za osobennoe otlichie v delakh protiv Gortsev | for special distinction in affairs with the Mountaineers |
| op | otlichnyi poryadok | excellent order, condition |
| op12sapb | Orkuga Voennago Poseleniya 1-i i 2-i Sapernykh brigad | Military Settlements Regions of the 1st and 2nd Sapper Brigades |
| opab | Obraztsovaya Peshaya Artilleriiskaya batareya | Model Foot Artillery Battery |
| opaf | za otlichie protiv Anglichan i Frantsuzov | for distinction against the English and French |
| opb | Obraztsovaya Peshaya batareya/Obshchestvo Poseshcheniya Bednykh | Model Foot Battery/Society for Visiting the Poor |
| opchi | Obshchee Prisutstvie Chernomorskago Intendantstva | General Office of the Black-Sea Intendance |
| opdkvz | obshchee prisutstvie Departamenta Kazennykh Vrachebnykh Zagotovlenii | General Office of the Department of Government Medicinal Preparations |
| opkdvo | Obshchee Prisutstvie Kontrol'nago Departamenta Voennykh Otchetov | General Office of the Comptroller's Department for Military Accounts |
| oplch | opolchenie | mass levy |
| opom | Ober-Politsiimeister | senior police chief |
| opp | Obraztsovyi Pekhotnyi polk | Model Infantry Regiment |
| oppd | ostavlenie pri prezhnei dolzhnosti | remaining in previous assignment |
| oppz | ostavlenie pri prezhnem zvanii | keeping previous title |
| oprkr | Ober-Prokuror(skii)/otlichnyi poryadok | senior procuror/excellent condition, order |
| oprvnm | Ober-Proviantmeister | senior chief of provisions |
| ops | za otlichie po sluzhbe | for excellence in service |
| opsmg | Okrug pakhatnykh soldat Mogilevskoi gubernii | Mogilev Province's Region of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opsng | Okruga pakhatnykh soldat Novgorodskoi gubernii | Novgorod Province's Regions of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opsnu | Okruga pakhatnykh soldat Novgorodskago udela | Novgorod Appanage's Regions of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opsnvmg | Okruga pakhatnykh soldat Novgorodskoi, Vitebskoi i Mogilevskoi Gubernii | Novgorod, Vitebsk, and Mogilev Provinces' Regions of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opssu | Okruga pakhatnykh soldat Starorusskago udela | Staraya-Russka Appanage's Regions of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opsvg | Okrug pakhatnykh soldat Vitebskoi gubernii | Vitebsk Province's Region of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opsvmg | Okruga pakhatnykh soldat Vitebskoi i Mogilevskoi gubernii | Vitebsk and Mogilev Provinces' Regions of Agricultural Soldiers |
| opz | Okhtenskii Porokhovoi Zavod | Okhtensk Powder Works |
| ord | ordinarnyi | ordinary |
| orle | Orlovskii Yegerskii polk | Orel Jäger Regiment |
| ornbul | Orenburgskii Ulanskii polk | Orenburg Lancer Regiment |
| ors | za otlichno-revnostnuyu sluzhbu | for excellent and zealous service |
| orzhp | oruzheinaya palata | armory |
| os | za otlichnuyu sluzhbu | for excellent service |
| osek | Ober Sekretar' | senior secretary |
| osk | Otdel'nyi Sibirskii Korpus | Separate Siberian Corps |
| osob | osobyi | special |
| osobp | osobyya porucheniya | special assignments, missions |
| ossnkbopv25l | okonchivshii srok sluzhby, na kotoryi byl ostavlen po vysluge 25 let | having completed the term of service, released having served 25 years |
| ost | s ostavleniem | keeping, remaining |
| ostpp | s ostavleniem, po prezhnemu | keeping, remaining as previously |
| ostptzh | s ostavleniem pri tom zhe | remaining with the same |
| ostrsh | Ofitserskaya strelkovaya shkola | Officers Marksmanship School |
| osttzh | s ostavleniem v tom zhe | remaining in the same |
| ostvtzhd | s ostavleniem v toi zhe dolzhnosti | remaining in the same duties, assignment, position |
| osvnch | otdaetsya starshinstvo v nastoyashchim chine | given seniority in his present rank |
| osvshch | Ober-Svyashchennik | senior priest |
| otchs | s otchisleniem iz/ot | released, dropped, removed from |
| otchsnd | s otchisleniem ot nastoyashchei dolzhnosti | released, dropped, removed from current position, assignment, duty |
| otd | otdelenie | section, sector |
| otl | za otlichie | for excellence |
| otstv | otstavnyi | retired, released from service |
| ound | za osoboe userdie i neutomimuyu deyatel'nost' | for special zeal and untiring activity |
| oups | za otlichno-userdnuyu i poleznuyu sluzhbu | for excellent zealous and beneficial service |
| ours | za otlichno-userdnuyu i revnostnuyu sluzhbu | for excellent zealous and dedicated service |
| ous | za otlichno-userdnuyu sluzhbu | for excellent and zealous service |
| ovd | za otlichie v dele | for excellence in his work |
| ovdp/sg | za otlichie v delakh protiv/s Gortsami | for distinction in affairs against/with the Mountaineers |
| ovdp[p]m | otlichie v delakh protiv [Pol'skikh] myatezhnikov | distinction in affairs with [Polish] rebels |
| ovdpaf | za otlichie v dele protiv Anglichan i Frantsuzov | for distinction in the affair with the English and French |
| ovdpg | za otlichie(, okazannoe) v dele protiv Gortsev | for distinction demonstrated in affairs against the Mountaineers |
| ovdpt | za otlichie v dele protiv Turok | for distinction in affairs against the Turks |
| ovdsgt | za otlichie v del s Gortsami i Turkami | for distinction in affairs with the Mountaineers and Turks |
| ovgnmstr | Ober-Vagenmeister | Senior Wagonmaster |
| ovmzd | ot-vorot-Maior Zimnago Dvortsa | Major of the Gates of the Winter Palace |
| ovnd | s ostavleniem v nastoyashchei dolzhnosti | remaining in his present assignment |
| ovnz | s ostavleniem v nastoyashchem zvanii | remaining in his present title |
| ovpd | s ostavleniem v prezhnei dolzhnosti | remaining in his previous assignment |
| ovpkpg | Okrug Voennago Poseleniya Kievskoi i Podol'skoi gubernii | Military Settlements Region of Kiev and Podolia Provinces |
| ovpz | s ostavleniem v prezhnem zvanii | remaining in his previous title |
| ovs | opredelyaetsya v sluzhbu | appointed to service |
| ovspa | otlichie v srazhenii protiv Anglichan | for distinction in battle against the English |
| ovspaf | za otlichie v srazhenii protivu Anglo-Frantsuzov | for distinction in battle against the Anglo-French |
| ovspn | za otlichie v srazhenii protiv nepriyatelya | for distinction in battle against the enemy |
| ovspp | otlichie v srazhenii protiv persiyan | distinction in battle against the Persians |
| ovsppm | otlichie v srazhenii protiv pol'skikh myatezhnikov | distinction in battle against the Polish rebels |
| ovspt | za otlichie(, okazannoe) v srazhenii protiv Turok | for distinction (demonstrated) in battle against the Turks |
| ovsptaif | za otlichie v srazheniyakh protiv Turok, Anglichan i Frantsuzov | for distinction in battles against the Turks, English, and French |
| ovvd | za otlichie v voennykh deistviyakh | for distinction in military operations |
| ovzd | ostavlenie v zanimaemoi dolzhnosti | left in the held position |
| oz | oruzheinyi zavod | arms factory |
| ozpp | za otlichnyya zaslugi i predannost' Pravitel'stvu | for excellent service and loyalty to the Regime |
| ozsh | ostavshiisya za shtatom | remaining excess to organizational requirements, manning tables |
| p | polk/polkovoi/po/pekhota/proizvoditsya | regiment/regimental/in, of, through/infantry/promoted |
| p#arsnl | Podvizhnyi No. # Arsenal | Mobile Arsenal No. # |
| p#b | peshii No. # batalion | Foot Battalion No. # |
| p#gsp | Podvizhnyi No. #-go gospital' | Mobile Hospital No. # |
| p#pr | Parkovaya No. # polurota | Park Half-Company No. # |
| p#r | Portovaya No. # rota | Port Company No. # |
| p#vgsp | Podvizhnyi No. #-go voennyi gospital' | Mobile Military Hospital No. # |
| p#zh | s pensionom # zhalovan'ya | with a pension of Nth part of salary |
| p[r]#r | Poselennaya [Rabochaya] No. # rota | Settled [Labor] Company No. # |
| pa | polkovoi ad"yutant/polevaya artilleriya | regimental adjutant/field artillery |
| pa#p | Podvizhnaya Artilleriiskaya No. # park | Mobile Artillery Park No. # |
| par lspl | parovoi lesopil'nyi | steam-powered saw mill |
| parad | parad | parade |
| pb# | peshii batalion No. # | Foot Battalion No. # |
| pbn | polubatalion | half-battalion |
| pbr | polubrigada | half-brigade |
| pbvk | polubatalion Voennykh Kantonistov | half-battalion of military cantonists (soldiers' children) |
| pch | pochetnyi chlen | honorary member |
| pchlkh | pochetnyi Leib-Khirurg | honorary personal surgeon |
| pcht | pochtovyi | postal |
| pchtgrzh | pochetnyi grazhdanin | honorary citizen |
| pchtm | pochtmeister | postmaster |
| pd | predvoditel' dvoryanstva/proviantskii departament | representative of the nobility/provisions department |
| pdle | Podol'skii yegerskii polk | Podolia Jäger Regiment |
| pdp | Popechitel'stvo Detskikh Priyutov | Oversight of Children's Shelters |
| pdsh | pridvornyi shtat | court, palace establishment |
| pdvgch | za podvigi chelovekolyubiya | for philanthropic deeds |
| pdvzh | podvizhnyi | mobile |
| peivk | Pazheskii EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA Korpus | HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S Corps of Pages |
| pekhyunksh | pekhotnaya yunkerskaya shkola | infantry junker school |
| pereim | pereimenovaniem v/pereimenovyvaetsya v | with renaming, re-titling as/renamed, re-titled |
| pf | parokhodo-fregat | steam frigate |
| pfgdz | Pekhotnyi Fel'dmarshala Grafa Dibicha-Zabalkanskago polk | Field-Marshal Graf Diebitsch of the Trans-Balkans' Infantry Regiment |
| pfkl | Pravyi Flang Kavkazskoi Linii | Right Flank of the Caucasian Line |
| pfkvgpe | Pekhotnyi Fel'dmarshala Kn. Varshavskago Gr. Paskevicha-Erivanskago p. | Field-Marshal the Prince of Warsaw, Graf Paskevich of Erivan's Infantry Regiment |
| pgakm | Pekhotnyi General-Ad"yutanta Knyazya Menshikova polk | General-Adjutant Prince Menshikov's Infantry Regiment |
| pgakv | Pekhotnyi Generala-Ad"yutanta Volkonskago polk | General-Adjutant Volkonskii's Infantry Regiment |
| pgfgv | Pekhotnyi General-Fel'dmarshala Gertsoga Vellingtona polk | General Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington's Infantry Regiment |
| pgs | pogranichnaya strazha | Border Guard |
| pgsp | polugospital' | half-hospital |
| pi | polevoi inzhener | field engineer |
| pi#r | Podvizhnaya Invalidnaya No. # rota | Mobile Invalid Company No. # |
| piik | pensiya iz Invalidnago kapitala po | pension from the Invalid Capital of |
| pirosh | Pirotekhnicheskaya Shkola | Pyrotechnics School |
| pispyeu | Patroticheskii Institut i S.-Peterburgskoe Yelisavetinskoe Uchilishche | Patriotic Institute and St.-Petersburg Elisabeth School |
| pk | Pazheskii Korpus | Corps of Pages |
| pk#b | Peshii Kazachii No. # batalion | Foot Cossack Battalion No. # |
| pka | Polevaya Konnaya Artilleriya | Field Horse Artillery |
| pkch | po kvartirmeisterskoi chasti | in the quartermaster service [i.e. a staff officer] |
| pkhd | pokhodnyi | field, campaign |
| pkn | Pekhotnyi Ego Velichestva Korolya Neapolitanskii polk | His Majesty the King of Naples' Infantry Regiment |
| pkom | prikomandirovanyi k | attached to |
| pks | Pekhotnyi Ego Velichestva Korolya Sardinskago polk | His Majesty the King of Sardinia's Infantry Regiment |
| pkvddtsp | Pravitel'stvennaya Kommissiya Vnutrennikh i Dukhovnykh Del Tsarstva Pol'skago | Executive Commission for Internal and Religious Affairs of the Kingdom of Poland |
| pkyu | Pravitel'stvennaya Kommissiya Yustitsiya | Executive Commission of Justice |
| pkyutsp | Pravitel'stvennaya Kommissiya Yustitsii Tsarstva Pol'skago | Kingdom of Poland Executive Commission of Justice |
| pkzn | polkovoi kaznachei | regimental treasurer, paymaster |
| pl | polkovnik | colonel |
| pla | plats-ad"yutant | town adjutant |
| plart | polevaya legkaya artilleriya | light field artillery |
| plgi | Palata Gosudarstvennykh Imushchestv | Office of Government Properties |
| plgs | Palata Grazhdanskago Suda | Office of the Civil Court |
| plkk | Polotskii Kadetskii Korpus | Polotsk Cadet Corps |
| plm | plats-maior | town major |
| pltse | Polotskii yegerskii polk | Polotsk Jäger Regiment |
| pltvp | Poltavskii pekhotnyi polk | Poltava Infantry Regiment |
| plugs | Palata Ugolovnago i Grazhdanskago Suda | Office of the Criminal and Civil Court |
| plul | Pol'skii Ulanskii polk | Polish Lancer Regiment |
| plus | Palata Ugolovnago Suda | Office of the Criminal Court |
| plzh | polozhenie | regulation, decree, administrative order |
| pmshch | pomoshchnik | aide, deputy |
| pmzhd | Peterburgsko-Moskovskaya zheleznaya doroga | St.-Petersburg-Moscow Railroad |
| podvldk | podvodnaya lodka | submarine |
| poev | pri Osobe EGO VELICHESTVA | attendant to the person of HIS MAJESTY |
| pol | polevoi | field (adj.) |
| pom | politseimeister | police chief |
| pop | Pekhotnyi Obraztsovyi polk/po osobym porucheniyam | Model Infantry Regiment/for special assignments |
| poplch | peshee opolchenie | foot mass levy |
| popzs | pri Okhtenskom Porokhovom Zavode sostoyashchii | at the Okhtensk Powder Works |
| por | poruchik | lieutenant |
| pos | Prikaz o ssyl'nykh | Office for Exiles |
| pp#ab | Podvizhnyi park # Artilleriiskoi brigady | Mobile Park of the Nth Artillery Brigade |
| ppa | polevaya peshaya artilleriya | field foot artillery |
| ppa#p | Podvizhnyi Polevoi Artilleriiskii No. #-go park | Mobile Field Artillery Park No. # |
| ppchtl | popechitel' | guardian, warden, trustee |
| ppkk | Petrovskii-Poltavskii Kadetskii Korpus | Petr-Poltava Cadet Corps |
| ppkp | Pekhotnyi Printsa Karla Prusskago polk | Prince Carl of Prussia's Infantry Regiment |
| ppl | podpolkovnik | lieutenant colonel |
| ppm | Podvizhnyi Proviantskii magazin | mobile provisions magazine |
| ppor | podporuchik | sublieutenant |
| ppp | Pekhotnyi Printsa Prusskago polk | The Prince of Prussia's Infantry Regiment |
| ppra | podpraporshchik | officer candidate (lit. "sub-ensign") |
| pprz | Posrednik polyubovnago razmezhevaniya zemel' | mediator for amicable land surveys |
| ppsrz | posrednik polyubovnyi spetial'nago razmezhevaniya zemel' | mediator for amicable special land suveys |
| ppvp | Pekhotnyi Printsa Vil'gel'ma Prusskago polk | Prince William of Prussia's Infantry Regiment |
| Pr | Prints | Prince |
| pr#p | Podvizhnyi Rezervnyi No. # park | Mobiel Reserve Park No. # |
| pra | praporshchik | ensign |
| prch | poruchenie | assignment, task, mission, order |
| prchs | prichislennyi k/prichislyaetsya k | enrolled in, assigned to |
| prdmstnk | predmestnik | deputy, agent, representative, |
| prds | predsedatel'/predsedatel'stvuyushchii | chairman/chairing, presiding |
| prdsv | predsedatel'stvuyushchii | presiding |
| prgp | Pragskii pekhotnyi polk | Praga Infantry Regiment |
| prip# | Pontonnaya rota i park No. # | Pontoon Company and Park No. # |
| prk#r | Parkovaya No. # rota | Park Company No. # |
| prk[#] | park [No. #] | Park No. # |
| prkh | parokhod | steamship |
| prkr | prokuror | procurator |
| prm | Proviantskii magazin | provisions magazine |
| prmshch | priemshchik | examiner of goods |
| probpr | Prikaz Obshchestvennago Prizreniya | Office of Public Welfare |
| prof | professor | professor |
| progim | progimnaziya | junior high school |
| prp# | Pontonnaya rota parka No. # | Potoon Company of Park No. # |
| prpd | prepodavatel' | instructor |
| prpra | portupei-praporshchik | distinguished officer candidate (lit. "swordbelt ensign") |
| prs | postoyanno-revnostnaya sluzhba | continuous zealous service |
| prsh | po prosheniyu | at the request of |
| prsps | za primerno-revnostnuyu i sushchestvenno-poleznuyu sluzhbu | for exemplary zealous and inherently useful service |
| prst | pristav/persten' | office/ring |
| prt | port | port |
| prtk | protokolist | protocolist |
| prtr | Protoierei | senior priest |
| prus | za primerno-userduyu sluzhbu | for exemplary zealous service |
| prv | perevoditsya/s perevodom | transferred/with transfer to |
| prvl | pravlenie | administration |
| prvn | proviantskii | provisions (adj.) |
| prvnm | proviantmeister | provisions master |
| prvtl | pravitel' | controller, chief |
| prvtls | pravitel'stvuyushchii | controlling, ruling |
| prvz | provizor | provisor, purveyor |
| prz | polyubovnoe razmezhevanie zemel' | amicable survey of lands |
| przh | prezhnii | former, previous |
| przv | proizvoditel' | producer |
| ps | Puti Soobshcheniya | Ways of Communications |
| ps#r | Poselennaya No. # rota | Settled Company No. # |
| psek | provintsiyal'nyi sekretar' | provincial secretary |
| psen | Pravitel'stvuyushchii Senat | Governing Senate |
| psh | v proviantskom shtate | on the Provisions Establishment |
| pskk | Pskovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Pskov Cadet Corps |
| psmv | pis'movoditel' | clerk |
| pso | prodolzhaetsya srok otpuska | leave time is extended |
| pspz | Puti Soobshcheniya i Publichnykh Zdanii | Ways of Communications and Public Buildings |
| psrz | polyubovnoe spetsial'noe razmezhevanie zemel' | special amicable land survey |
| psut | prisutstvovat' v | attend |
| psuts | prisutstvuyushchii | attending |
| ptrvp | Petrovskii Pekhotnyi polk | Petrovsk Infantry Regiment |
| pus | za postoyanno-userdnuyu sluzhbu | for constantly zealous service |
| pva | Pekhotnyi EIVVK Vladimira Aleksandrovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Vladimir Aleksandrovich's Infantry Regiment |
| pvds[p]gr | ot poluchennoi v dele s [protiv Gortsev] Gortsami rany | from wounds received in affairs with the Mountaineers |
| pvkk | Pavlovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Paul Cadet Corps |
| pvlggus | Pavlogradskii Gusarskii polk | Pavlograd Hussar Regiment |
| pvs | prinyat v sluzhbu | accepted into service |
| pvspaftr | ot poluchennykh v srazhenii protiv Anglichan, Frantsuzov i Turok ran | from wounds received in battle with the English, French, and Turks |
| pvspnr | ot poluchennykh v srazhenii protiv nepriyatelya ran | from wounds received in battle against the enemy |
| pvsptr | ot poluchennykh v srazhenii protiv Turok ran | from wounds received in battle with the Turks |
| pye | pod"yesaul | sub-yesaul (cossack rank) |
| pyu | portupei-yunker | distinguished officer candidate (lit. "junker with portepée") |
| pyupvsk | prepodavatel' yuridicheskikh predmetov v spetsial'nykh klassakh | instructor for special classes in legal subjects |
| pz | po zvaniyu/pozhalovan v zvanie/porokhovoi zavod | in the rank of/ awarded the rank of/ gunpowder works |
| pz#p | Podvizhnyi zapasnyi No. # park | Mobile Replacement Park No. # |
| pz#p#ab | Podvizhnyi zapasnyi No. # park # Artilleriiskoi brigady | Mobile Replacement Park No. # of the Nth Artillery Brigade |
| pz#p#pab | Podvizhnyi Zapasnyi No. # park # Parkovoi Artilleriiskoi brigady | Mobile Replacement Park No. # of the Nth Artillery Park Brigade |
| pz#ppb#ad | Podvizhnyi Zapasnyi No. # park Parkovoi brigady # Art. divizii | Mobile Replacement Park No. # of the Nth Artillery Division's Park Brigade |
| pzapda | Podvizhnye Zapasnye Artilleriiskie parki Deistvuyushchei Armii | Mobile Replacement Artillery Parks of the Active Army |
| pzgr#p | Podvizhnyi Zapasnyi Grenaderskii No. # park | Mobile Replacement Grenadier Park No. # |
| pzgrap# | Podvizhnoi Zapasnyi Grenaderskii Artilleriiskii park No. # | Mobile Replacement Grenadier Artillery Park No. # |
| pzh | pazh | page |
| pzh# | Pazh #-go klassa | Nth-class page |
| pzheivk | Pazheskii EIV Korpus | H.I.M.'s Corps of Pages |
| pzhrt | pozhertvovanie | donation |
| pzp | podvizhnyi zapasnyi park | mobile replacement park |
| pzp#ab | Podvizhnyi zapasnyi park # Artilleriiskoi brigady | Mobile Replacement Park of the Nth Artillery Brigade |
| r | rotmistr/rezervnyi/za ranoyu/za ranami/ranen | captain (of cavalry)/reserve/for being wounded/ " /wounded |
| r# | rota No.# | Company No. # |
| r#b | Rezervnaya No.# batareya | Reserve Battery No. # |
| r#b#ab | Rezervnaya No. # batareya # Artilleriiskoi brigady | Reserve Battery No. # of the Nth Artillery Brigade |
| r[a]#e | Rezervnyi Armeiskii No. # eskadron | Reserve Army Squadron No. # |
| r[p]bkgchlb | Rezervnaya [polu]brigada Kavkazskago, Gruzinskago i Chernomorskago Lineinykh batalionov | Reserve (Half-)Brigade of Caucasus, Georgia, and Black-Sea Line Battalions |
| ra#b | Rezervnyi Armeiskii No. # batalion | Reserve Army Battalion No. # |
| rb | rezervnyi batalion/rezervnaya batareya/rezervnaya brigada | reserve battalion/reserve battery/reserve brigade |
| rb#b | Rezervnaya Batareinaya No. # batareya | Reserve Heavy Battery No. # |
| rb#b#ad | Rezervnaya Batareinaya No. #-go batareya #-i Artilleriiskoi divizii | Reserve Heavy Battery No. # of the Nth Artillery Division |
| rchlb | Rezervnyi Chernomorskii Lineinyi batalion | Reserve Black-Sea Line Battalion |
| rd | rezervnyi divizion | reserve division |
| rd#pk | Rezervnaya diviziya # Pekhotnago Korpusa | Reserve Division of the Nth Infantry Corps |
| rdg | Rota Dvortsovykh Grenader | Company of Palace Grenadiers |
| rdgrk | Rezervnaya Diviziya Grenaderskago Korpusa | Reserve Division of the Grenadier Corps |
| rdokk | Rezervnaya Diviziya Otdel'nago Kavkazskago Korpusa | Reserve Division of the Separate Caucasus Corps |
| re | rezervnyi eskadron | reserve squadron |
| rek | Rabochii ekipazh | labor équipage (crew) |
| rep | Rezervnyi Yegerskii polk | Reserve Jäger Regiment |
| rgab | Rezervnaya Gvardeiskaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Reserve Guards Artillery Brigade |
| rgpa | Remontir Gvardeiskoi peshei Artillerii | remount officer of the Guards foot artillery |
| rgrd | Rezervnaya Grenaderskaya diviziya | Reserve Grenadier Division |
| rgs | registrator | registrar |
| rgub | raznyya gubernii | various provinces |
| rgvd | Rezervnaya Gvardeiskaya diviziya | Reserve Guards Division |
| rio | za revnostnoe ispolnenie obyazannostei | for zealous execution of duties |
| rk | Rimsko-Katolicheskii | Roman-Catholic |
| rkb#kab | Rezervnaya Konnaya batareya # Konno-Artilleriiskoi brigady | Reserve Horse Battery of the Nth Horse-Artillery Brigade |
| rkd | Rezervnaya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya | Reserve Cavalry Division |
| rkgk | Remontir Kavalerii Gvardeiskikh Korpusov/Gvardeiskago Korpusa | remount officer of the (several) Guards corps/remount officer of the Guards Corps |
| rkpchi | Revizionnyi Komitet po Chernomorskomu Intendantstvu | Revision Committee of the Black-Sea Intendance |
| rkt#b | Raketnaya No. # batareya | Rocket Battery No. # |
| rktz | Raketnoe zavedenie | Rocket Establishment |
| rl#b | Rezervnaya Legkaya No. # batareya | Reserve Light Battery No. # |
| rlkd | Rezervnaya Legkaya Kavaleriiskaya Diviziya | Reserve Light Cavalry Division |
| rmntr | remontir | remount officer |
| rmt | rota Mezhevykh topografov | company of survey topographers |
| ross | Rossiiskii | Russian |
| rp | rezervnyi polk | reserve regiment |
| rpi#r | Rezervnaya Podvizhnaya Invalidnaya No. # rota | Reserve Mobile Invalid Company No. # |
| rpp | Rezervnyi Pekhotnyi polk | Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| rpp[a]#p | Rezervnyi Podvizhnyi Polevoi [Artilleriiskii] No. # park | Reserve Mobile Field [Artillery] Park No. # |
| rpr | Rukodel'naya posil'noi raboty | needlework shop |
| rr | Po Rabochim Rotam | in the labor companies |
| rsi | rota sluzhashchikh invalidov | company of serving invalids |
| rstrb | Rezervnyi Strelkovyi batalion | Reserve Rifle Battalion |
| rsz(k) | Reviziya i Sostavlenie Zakonov (Kodifikatsionnaya) | Revision and Composition of Laws (Codification) |
| rt# | Rota Topografov No. # | Topographers Company No. # |
| ruld | Rezervnaya Ulanskaya Diviziya | Reserve Lancer Division |
| rvk | rota voennykh kantonistov | company of military cantonists (soldiers' children) |
| rvle | Revel'skii yegerskii polk | Reval Jäger Regiment |
| rvlekgg | Rizhskii Voennyi, Liflyandskii, Estlyandskii i Kurlyandskii General-Gubernator | Riga Military Governor and Livonia, Estonia, and Courland Governor-General |
| rvlmv | Revel'skiya morskiya vanny | Reval sea baths |
| ryad | ryadovoi | private (military rank) |
| rzhdrg | Rizhskii Dragunskii polk | Riga Dragoon Regiment |
| rzhp | Ryazhskii pekhotnyi polk | Ryazhsk Infantry Regiment |
| rznp | Ryazanskii pekhotnyi polk | Ryazan Infantry Regiment |
| s | so starshinstvom | with seniority from |
| s180262 | so starshinstvom, na osnovanii Vsemilostiveish. Manifesta 18 Fev. 1762 | with seniority based on the All-Merciful Manifesto of 18 February 1762 |
| sa | starshii ad"yutant (pri)/Kav. ord. Sv. Apostola Andreya Pervozvannago | senior adjutant/chevalier of the order of St. Andrew the First-Called Apostle |
| sa# | Kavaler ordena Sv. Anny # stepeni | chevalier of the order of St. Anne Nth class |
| san | Kavaler ordena Sv. Blagovernago Velikago Knyazya Aleksandra Nevskago | chevalier of the order of the True Believer, Grand Duke St. Alexander Nevsky |
| sani | sanitarnyi | medical |
| sapdggmsheiv | Starshii Ad"yutant pri Dezhurnom Generale Glavnago Morskago Shtaba EIV | senior adjutant to the duty general of H.I.M.'s Main Naval Staff |
| sapdggsheiv | Starshii Ad"yutant pri Dezhurnom Generale Glavnago Shtaba EIV | senior adjutant to the duty general of H.I.M.'s Main Staff |
| sapdrzh | Sapernaya druzhina | sapper druzhina (battalion of the opolchenie mass levy) |
| sb | po Sapernym batalionam | in the sapper battalions |
| sbrul | Sibirskii Ulanskii polk | Siberia Lancer Regiment |
| sdovbdzhpvk | Sirotskii Dom dlya Vospitaniya Bednykh Detei Zhenskago Pola v Kronshtadte | Orphanage for the Care of Poor Girls in Kronstadt |
| sdp | Sovet Detskikh Priyutov | Council for Childrens' Shelters |
| sdpkch | sledstvennyya dela po korchemnoi chasti | investigatve affairs concerning taverns |
| sdrzh | soderzhatel' | holder, container |
| sdyemchpobvi | Sirotskii Dom Yelisavety Medvednikovoi i chastnyi pri onom Bank v Irkutsk | Elizabeth Medvednikova's Orphanage and colocated private bank in Irkutsk |
| se[i]vk | Sobstvennyi Ego [Imperatorskago] Velichestva Konvoi | His [Imperial] Majesty's Own Escort, Convoy |
| seiv | Svita EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA | HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S Suite |
| seivfk | Sobstvennaya EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA Finlyandskoi Kantselyarii | HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S Own Finland Chancellery |
| seivknts | Sobstvennaya EGO IMPERATORSKAGO VELICHESTVA Kantselyariya | HIS IMPERIAL MAJEST'S Own Chancellery |
| sek | sekretar' | secretary |
| sekd | sekretar' dvoryanstva | secretary for the nobility |
| sen | senator/senat | senator/senate |
| sev | Svita EGO VELICHESTVA | HIS MAJEST'S Suite |
| sfm | Sofiiskii Morskoi polk | Sofiya Marine Regiment |
| sfvzz | Steklyanyi, Farforovyi i Vyborskii Zerkhal'nyi zavody | Glass, Porcelain, and Vyborsk Mirror factories |
| sg# | Kavaler ordena Sv. Velikomuchenika i Pobedonostsa Georgiya # stepeni | Chevalier of the order of St. George the Great Martyr and Bearer of Victory, Nth class |
| sggrab | Svodnaya Gvardeisk. i Grenadersk. Rezervnaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Combined Guards and Grenadier Reserve Artillery Brigade |
| sgr[a]b | Svodnyaya Gvardeiskaya Rezervnaya [Artilleriiskaya] batareya | Combined Guards Reserve [Artillery] Battery |
| sgrrb#grab | Svodnaya Grenaderskaya Rezervnaya batareya # Grenaderskoi Artilleriiskoi brigady | Combined Grenadier Reserve Battery No. # of the Grenadier Artillery Brigade |
| sh | shtab/shtat | staff, headquarters/table of organization, official manning table |
| shef | shef | honorary colonel, "chef" |
| shfyu | Shkola Flotskikh yunkerov | School for Navy Junkers (officer candidates) |
| shgp | Shkola Gvardeiskikh Podpraporshchikov | School for Guards Officer Candidates (lit. "sub-ensigns") |
| shgpkyu | Shkola Gvardeiskikh Podpraporshchikov i Kavaleriiskikh Yunkerov | School for Guards Officer Candidates and Cavalry Junkers |
| shgpyu | Shkola Gvardeiskikh Podpraporshchikov i Yunkerov | School for Guards Officer Candidates and Junkers |
| shk | shtatnaya komanda | state command, detachment |
| shkhn | shukhna | schooner |
| shkm | Shkola Kavkazskikh Mezhevshchikov | School for Caucasian Surveyors |
| shkz | Shostenskoe Kapsyul'noe Zavedenie | Shostensk Cartridge Works |
| shlsle | Shlisselburgskii yegerskii polk | Shlüsselburg Jäger Regiment |
| shmpmuvgb | Shkola moreplavaniya pri musul'manskom uchilishche v gorode Baku | Sailing School at the Moslem School in Baku |
| shn | shtatnyi | according to the official table of organization |
| sho | Shtab-Ofitser | field-grade officer |
| shpiuo | Shkola Podpraporshchikov i unter-ofitserov | School for Officer Candidates and Non-Commissioned Officers |
| shpsimd | Shkola Pridvorno-sluzhitel'skikh i masterovykh detei | School for the Children of Court Servants and Artisans |
| shpz | Shostenskii Porokhovoi Zavod | Shostensk Powder Works |
| shrvnp | Shirvanskii Pekhotnyi polk | Shirvan Infantry Regiment |
| shs | shosse | highway |
| shtlmstr | shtalmeister | stablemaster |
| shzhkigk | Shef Zhandarmov, komanduyushchii IMPERATORSKOYU Glavnoyu Kvartiroyu | Chief of Gendarmes, commanding IMPERIAL Main Headquarters |
| sibfek | Sibirskii flotskii ekipazh | Siberian Naval Equipage |
| sibkv | Sibirskoe kazach'e voisko | Siberian Cossack Host |
| sigvd | Sirotskii Institut Gatchinskago Vospitatel'nago Doma | Orphans' Institute of the Gatchina Childrens' Home |
| sii | Kaveler ordena Sv. Ioanna Ierusalema | chevalier of the order of St. John of Jerusalem |
| sk | shtabs-kapitan | staff-captain |
| skhn | skhuna | schooner |
| skk | Sibirskii Kadetskii Korpus/Svodnyi Kavaleriiskii Korpus | Siberian Cadet Corps/Combined Cavalry Corps |
| sl#b | Sibirskii Lineinnyi No.# batalion | Siberian Line Battalion No. # |
| slb# | Sibirskii Lineinyi batalion No. # | Siberian Line Battalion No. # |
| slgnp | Selenginskii pekhotnyi polk | Selenginsk Infantry Regiment |
| slk#p | Sibirskii Lineinyi Kazachii No. # polk | Siberian Line Cossack Regiment No. # |
| slkv | Sibirskoe Lineinoe Kazach'e voisko | Siberian Line Cossack Host |
| slkv#p | Sibirskago Lineinago Kazach'yago voiska [No.] # polk | Siberian Line Cossack Host Regiment No. # |
| slzhb | sluzhba | service |
| slzhsh | sluzhashchii/sluzhivshii | serving/having served |
| sm | serebryanaya medal' | silver medal |
| smbre | Simbirskii yegerskii polk | Simbirsk Jäger Regiment |
| smgtg | Samogitskii Grenaderskii polk | Samogitia Grenadier Regiment |
| smgus | Sumskii Gusarskii polk | Sumy Hussar Regiment |
| smkv | Semirechenskoe kazach'e voisko | Semireche Cossack Host |
| smlnp | Smolenskii pekhotnyi polk | Smolensk Infantry Regiment |
| smlnul | Smolenskii Ulanskii polk | Smolensk Lancer Regiment |
| smrchkv | Sermirechenskoe kazach'e voisko | Semirech'e Cossack Host |
| smrp | Samurskii pekhotnyi polk | Samur Infantry Regiment |
| smtr | smotritel' | inspector, overseer |
| smv | Sergievskiya mineral'nyya vody | Sergievsk Mineral Waters |
| so | Severnyi Okrug | Northern Region |
| sot | sotnik/sotnya | sotnik (cossack lieutenant)/sotnia |
| sov | sovet | council |
| sovch | soveshchatel'nyi chlen | consultative member |
| soz | Sestroretskii oruzheinyi zavod | Sestroretsk Arms Factory |
| sp | Sankt Peterburg/Sankt-Peterburgskii | Saint Petersburg (n.)/Saint-Petersburg (adj.) |
| spmzhd | S.-Peterburgo-Moskovskaya zheleznaya doroga | St.-Petersburg-Moscow Railroad |
| sps | Svyateishii Pravitel'stvuyushchii Sinod | Holy Government Synod |
| spskh | Svyateishii Pravitel'stvuyushchii Synod Khozyaistvennago | of economic aspects of the Holy Government Synod |
| spsnpgb | (s nadpis'yu) za spasenie pogibavshikh | (with the inscription) for saving life |
| spszh | s sokhraneniem pensiona sverkh zhalovan'ya | retaining his pension over and above salary |
| sputm | S.-Peterburskoe uchilishche torgovago moreplavaniya | St.-Petersburg School for Merchant Sailing |
| spvd | S.-Peterburskii Vdov'ii Dom | St.-Petersburg Widows' Home |
| spvzhd | S.-Peterburgo-Varshavskaya Zeleznaya Doroga | St.-Petersburg-Warsaw Railroad |
| spzhd | S.-Peterburgskii Zhandarmskii divizion | St.-Petersburg Gendarme Double-Squadron |
| spzhpo | S.-Peterburgskoe zhenskoe Patrioticheskoe obshchestvo | St.-Petersburg Women's Patriotic Society |
| sr | shtabs-rotmistr/sluzhitel'skaya rota/po sluzhitel'skim rotam | staff-captain (cavalry)/serving company/in serving companies |
| sr#b | Svodnaya Rezervnaya No. # batareya | Combined Reserve Battery No. # |
| srb###lkd | Svodnaya Rezervnaya brigada #, # i # Legkikh Kavaleriiskikh divizii | Combined Reserve Brigade of the Nth, Nth, and Nth Light Cavalry Divisions |
| srb#kab | Svodnaya Rezervnaya batareya # Konno-Artilleriiskoi brigady | Combined Reserve Battery of the Nth Horse-Artillery Brigade |
| srgusp | Svodnyi Reservnyi Gusarskii polk | Combined Reserve Hussar Regiment |
| srulp | Svodnyi Rezervnyi Ulanskii polk | Combined Reserve Lancer Regiment |
| srzht | serzhant | sergeant |
| ss | statskii sovetnik | state councilor |
| ss# | Kavaler ordena Sv. Stanislava # stepeni | chevalier of the order of St. Stanislav Nth class |
| ssch | sudovaya stroevaya chast' | ship's combantant personnel |
| ssek | stats-sekretar' | state secretary |
| sss | v sravnenie s sverstnikami | in equality with his peers |
| st | sostoyashchii | in |
| std | sostoyashchii v dolzhnosti | in the position, duty |
| stl | stol | office (lit. "desk" or "table") |
| stlnach | stolonachal'nik | office chief |
| stm | stempel'meister | keeper of stamps |
| stp | sostoyashchii pri | in, attendant on, with, attached to |
| str | sostoyashchii v rasporyazhenii/strelok | at the disposal of/rifleman |
| strdrzh# | strelkovaya druzhina No. #-go | Rifle Druzhina No. # |
| strnp | Staroingermanlandskii pekhotnyi polk | Old-Ingeranland Infantry Regiment |
| strpif | Strelkovyi polk IMPERATORSKOI Familii | The IMPERIAL Family Rifle Regiment |
| strsh | starshii | senior |
| strshlt | starshii leitenant | senior lieutenant |
| strsud | Starusskii udel | Staraya-Russa Appanage |
| stvre | Stavropol'skii yegerskii polk | Stavropol Jäger Regiment |
| stvrkp | Stavropol'skii Kazachii polk | Stavropol Cossack Regiment |
| sukhkk | Sukhoputnyi Kadetskii Korpus | Army (literally "Dry Land") Cadet Corps |
| sukhshlkk | Sukhoputnyi Shlyakhetnyi Kadetskii Korpus | Army Nobles Cadet Corps ("sukhoputnyi"=lit. "dry-land") |
| sups | Starorusskii udel pakhatnykh soldat | Staraya-Russa Appanage of Agriculturall Soldiers |
| sv | svodnyi | combined |
| sv# | Kavaler ordena Sv. Ravnoapostol'nago Knyazya Vladimira # stepeni | chevalier of the order of Apostle and Prince St. Vladimir Nth class |
| Svet | Svetleishii | His Eminence, His Grace, Sublime |
| svirrbr | Svodno-Irregulyarnaya brigada | Combined Irregular Brigade |
| svkh | starshii vakhmistr | senior sergeant (cavalry) |
| svmdgsh | strannopriimnyi v Moskve dom Grafa Sheremeteva | Graf Sheremetev's Home for Strangers in Moscow |
| svp | Sevskii pekhotnyi polk | Sevsk Infantry Regiment |
| svrdrg | Severskii Dragunskii polk | Seversk Dragoon Regiment |
| svrvkk | Suvorovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Suvorov Cadet Corps |
| svshch | Svyashchennik | priest |
| svtnk | sovetnik | councilor |
| sye# | Kavalerstvennaya Dama ordena Svyatyya Velikomuchenitsy Yekateriny #st. | chevalier lady of the order of St. Catherine the Martyr Nth class |
| szdlp | Suzdal'skii pekhotnyi polk | Suzdal Infantry Regiment |
| t | topograf | topographer |
| t#r | Telegraficheskaya No. # rota | Telegraph Company No. # |
| takk | Tul'skii-Aleksandrovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Tula-Alexander Cadet Corps |
| tash | Tekhnicheskaya Artilleriiskaya Shkola | Technical Artillery School |
| tblkkp | Tobol'skii Konnyi Kazachii polk | Tobolsk Horse Cossack Regiment |
| tblkp | Tobol'skii Konnyi polk | Tobolsk Horse Regiment |
| tblp | Tobol'skii pekhotnyi polk | Tobolsk Infantry Regiment |
| tblpkb | Tobol'skii Peshii Kazachii batalion | Tobolsk Foot Cossack Regiment |
| tflse | Tiflisskii yegerskii polk | Tiflis Jäger Regiment |
| tkk | Tambovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Tambov Cadet Corps |
| tkv | Terekskoe kazach'e voisko | Terek Cossack Host |
| tle | Tul'skii yegerskii polk | Tula Jäger Regiment |
| tme | Tomskii yegerskii polk | Tomsk Jäger Regiment |
| tmgi | tovarishch Ministra Gosudarstvennykh Imushchestv | colleague of the Minister of State Properties |
| tmgkp | Tomskii Gorodovoi kazachii polk | Tomsk Town Cossack Regiment |
| tminfin | tovarishch Ministra Finansov | colleague of the Minister of Finance |
| tmnp | tovarishch Ministra Naronago Prosveshcheniya | colleague of the Minister of Popular Enlightenment |
| tmyu | tovarishch Ministra Yustitsii | colleague of the Minister of Justice |
| tmzh | tamozhnyi//tamozhennyi/tamozhnya | customs/customs/customs house |
| tnd | tender | tender (ship) |
| tngnp | Tenginskii pekhotnyi polk | Tenginsk Infantry Regiment |
| tntskk | Tashkentskii Naslednika Tsesarevicha Kadetskii Korpus | The Heir and Tsesarevich's Tashkent Cadet Corps |
| tov | tovarishch | comrade, colleague |
| toz | Tul'skii Oruzheinyi zavod | Tula Arms Factory |
| trn | transport | transport (ship) |
| trtne | Tarutinskii yegerskii polk | Tarutino Jäger Regiment |
| ts | tainyi sovetnik | privy councilor |
| tskhv | tseikhvarter | inspector of artillery or arsenal (Ger. Zeugwärter) |
| tskl | Tsentr Kavkazskoi linii | Center of the Caucasian Line |
| tsp | Tsarstvo Pol'skoe | Kingdom of Poland |
| tsrk | tserkov' | church |
| tsrmnmstr | Tseremoneimeister/Tseremoniimeister | master of ceremonies |
| tts | titulyarnyi sovetnik | titular councilor |
| tvrdrg | Tverskii Dragunskii polk | Tver Dragoon Regiment |
| u | umershii | died, deceased, dead |
| u[k]v | Ural'skoe [Kazach'e] Voisko/utv. v chin. proizv. glkom okk, ga Kn Vorontsovym | Ural[Cossack]Host/confirmed in rank as promoted by the c-in-c of the Separate Caucasus Corps, Gen.-Adj. Prince Vorontsov |
| uab | Uchebnaya Artilleriiskaya brigada | Instructional Artillery Brigade |
| ubppvdus | userdnoe i bezporochoe prosluzhivanie po vyboram Dvoryanstva uzakonennykh srokov | zealous and faultless service for the prescribed term as elected by the Nobility |
| ubzspveivp-1 | uchebnyya i blagotvoritel'nyya zavedeniya, sostoyashchiya pod Vysochaishim | instructional and charitable institutions under the Highest patronage of |
| ubzspveivp-2 | Eya Imperatorskago Velichestva pokrovitel'stvom | Her Imperial Majesty |
| uch | uchitel' | teacher |
| uchl | uchilishche | school |
| uchrzhd | uchrezhdenie | institution, establishment |
| uddnmschf | Uchilishche dlya Docherei Nizhnikh Morskikh Sluzhitelei Chernomorskago Flota | School for Daughters of Lower-Rank Naval Employees of the Black-Sea Fleet |
| uf | unter-ferster | junior forester |
| ug | ubityi Gortsami | killed by Mountaineers |
| ugltse | Uglitskii yegerskii polk | Uglich Jäger Regiment |
| ugupspz | Uchilishche Glavnago Upravleniya Putei Soobshcheniya i Publichnykh Zdanii | School of the Main Administration of Ways of Communications and Public Buildings |
| ugvvk | Utverzhdenny v chinakh, proizveden. Glavnokomanduyushchim voiskami v Krymu, po emu vlasti | confirmed in the ranks to which they were promoted by the authority of the commander-in-chief of forces in the Crimea |
| ugzkhu | Ural'skie Gornye Zavody Khrebta Ural'skago | Ural Mining Works along the Ural Mountain Chain |
| uim | Uchrezhdeniya Imperatritsy Marii | Institutions of Empress Maria |
| uk | udel'naya kontora | appanage office |
| uk#p | Ural'skii Kazachii No. # polk | Ural Cossack Regiment No. # |
| uk[v]#p | Ural'skago Kazach'yago [voiska] No. # polk | Regiment No. # of the Ural Cossacks [Ural Cossack Host] |
| ukesk | Uchebnyi Kavaleriiskii eskadron | Instructional Cavalry Squadron |
| ukm | utverzhd. proizv. Glkom. Voen. Sukh. i Morsk. sillami, v Krymu, Kn. Menshikovym | confirmed as promoted by the commander-in-chief of army and navy forces in the Crimea, Prince Menshikov |
| ukonzpgn | Uezdnyi Komitet o nadzore/nablyudenii za prodazheyu goryachikh napitkov | district committee for overseeing the sale of alcoholic drinks |
| ukopgn | Uezdnyi Komitet o prodazhe goryachikh napitkov | district committee for the sale of alcoholic drinks |
| ukpvd | Uchebnyi Kazachii polk Voiska Donskago | Instructional Cossack Regiment of the Don Host |
| ukr | ukreplenie | fortification |
| ukrne | Ukrainskii yegerskii polk | Ukraine Jäger Regiment |
| ukrnul | Ukrainskii Ulanskii polk | Ukraine Lancer Regiment |
| ul | ulanskii | lancer (adj.) |
| ulegaa | Ulanskii EIV Erts-Gertsoga Avstriiskago Alberta polk | H.I.H. Archduke Albert of Austria's Lancer Regiment |
| ulegakf | Ulanskii EIV Erts-Gertsoga Avstriiskago Karla-Ferdinanda polk | H.I.H. Archduke Carl-Ferdinand of Austria's Lancer Regiment |
| ulegal | Ulanskii EIV Erts-Gertsoga Avstriiskago Leopol'da polk | H.I.H. Archduke Leopold of Austria's Lancer Regiment |
| ulem | Ulanskii EIV VK Yekateriny Mikhailovny polk | H.I.H. Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna's Lancer Regiment |
| ulgakch | Ulanskii Generala-Ad"yutanta Knyazya Chernysheva polk | General-Adjutant Prince Chernyshev's Lancer Regiment |
| ulgn | Ulanskii Ego Vysochestva/Svetlosti Gertsoga Nassauskago polk | His Highness/Eminence the Duke of Nassau's Lancer Regiment |
| ulgokgn | Ulanskii General ot Kavalerii Grafa Nikitina polk | General-of-Cavalry Graf Nikitin's Lancer Regiment |
| ulkn | Ulanskii EIV VK Konstantina Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Constantin Nikolaevich's Lancer Regiment |
| ulmn | Ulanskii EIV VK Mikhaila Nikolaevicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich's Lancer Regiment |
| ulmp | Ulanskii EIV VK Mikhaila Pavlovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich's Lancer Regiment |
| ulna | Ulanskii EIV VK Nikolaya Aleksandrovicha polk | H.I.H. Grand Duke Nicholas Aleksandrovich's Lancer Regiment |
| ulnts | Ulanskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsarevich's Lancer Regiment |
| ulpag | Ulanskii Printsa Aleksandra Gessenskago polk | Prince Alexander of Hesse's Lancer Regiment |
| ulpfp | Ulanskii Ego Korolevskago Vysochestva Printsa Fridrikha Prusskago polk | His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Prussia's Lancer Regiment |
| ulpfv | Ulanskii Ego Korolevsk. Vys. Printsa Fridrikha Virtembergskago polk | His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of Württemberg's Lancer Regiment |
| ult | unter-leitenant | sublieutenant |
| umek | Uchebnyi Morskoi Ekipazh | Instructional Naval Equipage (crew) |
| umrek | Uchebnyi Morskoi Rabochii ekipazh | Instructional Naval Labor Equipage (crew) |
| uni | universitet | university |
| uo | unter-ofitser | non-commissioned officer |
| uod | s uvol'neniem ot dolzhnosti/uvolnyaetsya ot dolzhnosti | with release from service/released from service |
| uond | uvol'nyaetsya ot nastoyashchei dolzhnosti | released from present assignment, duty, position |
| uor | umershii ot rany/ran | died from wound/wounds |
| uos | uvolnyaetsya ot sluzhby | released from service |
| up | upravlyayushchii | manager, director, administrator, commander |
| upglkzn | upravlyayushchii Glavnym Kaznacheistvom | director of the Main Treasury |
| uprv | upravlenie | administrative office, administration |
| uprvtl | upravitel' | manager, director |
| ups | za userdnuyu i poleznuyu sluzhbu | for zealous and useful service |
| upt | za userdnye i poleznye trudy | for zealous and useful work |
| upv | utverzhdaetsya po vyboram | confirmed as elected |
| upzgs | ubityi pri zashchite Goroda Sevastopolya | killed in the defense of the City of Sevastopol |
| ur | uryadnik | cossack non-commissioned officer |
| urs | za userdnuyu i revnostnuyu sluzhbu | for zealous and dedicated service |
| us | za userdnuyu sluzhbu | for zealous service |
| usapb | Uchebnyi Sapernyi batalion | Instructional Sapper Battalion |
| uspvpgiath-1 | Uchrezhdeniya sostoyashchiya pod Vysochaishim pokrovitel'stvom | institutions under the Highest patronage of |
| uspvpgiath-2 | Gosudaryni Imperatritsy Aleksandry Theodorovny | the Sovereign Empress Alexandra Theodorovna |
| uts | unter-tseikhvarter/unter-tseigvarter | junior inspector or guard of artillery or arsenal |
| utv | utverzhdaetsya/utverzhdennyi | confirmed |
| uvbo | uvol'nyaetsya v bezsrochnyi otpusk | released on indefinite leave |
| uvd | utverzhdaetsya v dolzhnosti | confirmed in his assignment, position, duty |
| uvdpv | utverzhdaetsya v dolzhnosti po vyboram | confirmed in office as elected |
| uvdsg | ubityi v dele s Gortsami | killed in an affair with Mountaineers |
| uvl | uvolennyi (iz) | released (from) |
| uvlotstv | uvol'nyaetsya v otstavku | released into retirement |
| uvnd | s utverzhdeniem (utverzhdaetsya) v nastoyashchei dolzhnosti | with confirmation in his present position, assignment, duty |
| uvnviva | za uspekhi v naukakh v IMPERATORSKOI Voennoi Akademii | for success in studies at the IMPERIAL Military Academy |
| uvo | uvol'nyaetsya v otpusk | released on leave |
| uvpkgch | Upravlyayushchii v Pri-Kaspiiskom krae Grazhdanskoyu chastiyu | Administrator of Civil Affairs in the Caspian Territory |
| uvs | ubityi v Sevastopole | killed in Sevastopol |
| uvspa(f) | ubityi v srazhenii protiv Anglichan( i Frantsuzov) | killed in battle against the English (and French) |
| uvspaft | Ubityi v srazhenii protiv Anglichan, Frantsuzov i Turok | killed in battle against the English, French, and Turks |
| uvspn | ubityi v srazhenii protiv nepriyatelya | killed in battle against the enemy |
| uvspt | ubityi v srazhenii protiv Turok | killed in battle against the Turks |
| uvsptaf | ubityi v srazhenii protiv Turok, Anglichan i Frantsuzov | killed in battle against the Turks, English, and French |
| uvzd | utverzhdenie v zanimaemoi dolzhnosti | confirmation in the held position |
| uz | uezd/uezdnyi | district (n.)/district (adj.) |
| uzu | Udel'noe Zemledel'cheskoe Uchilishche | Appanage Agricultural School |
| v | voisko | host |
| v- | vitse- | vice- |
| v,nkn | voiska, na Kavkaze nakhodyashchiyasya | troops in the Caucaus |
| v,vfikr | voiska, v Finlyandii i Kurlyandii raspolozhennyya | troops in Finland and Courland |
| v,vvs | voisk, v vostochnom Sibiri | troops in eastern Siberia |
| va | vitse-admiral/Voennaya Akademiya | vice-admiral/Military Academy |
| vadd | Varshavskii Artilleriiskii Delovoi Dvor | Warsaw Artillery Workyard |
| vb | VYSOCHAISHEE blagovolenie | HIGHEST gratitude |
| vch | v chine | in the rank, status |
| vd | Vysochaishii Dvor/voisko Donskoe | Highest court (Imperial Court)/Don Host |
| vdir | vitse-direktor | vice-director |
| ved | vedomstvo | administration, department |
| vet | veterinarnyi | veterinary |
| vg | voennyi gubernator | military governor |
| vgb | vnutrennyi garnizonnyi batalion | internal garrison battalion |
| vgchvf | voennaya i grazhdanskaya chasti v Finlyandii | military and civil organizations in Finland |
| vgg | voennyi general-gubernator | military governor-general |
| vggkkgg | Voennyi Gubernator g. Kostromy i Kostromskii Grazhdanskii Gubernator | Military Governor of the city of Kostroma and Kostroma Civil Governor |
| vggvvgg | Voennyi Gubernator goroda Vitebska i Vitebskii Grazhdanskii Gubernator | Military Governor of the city of Vitebsk and Vitebsk Civil Governor |
| vggyaiyagg | Voennyi Gubernator g. Yaroslavlya i Yaroslavsk. Grazhdansk. Gubernator | Military Governor of the city of Yaroslavl and Yaroslavl Civil Governor |
| vggzhvgg | Voennyi Gubernator g. Zhitomira i Volynskii Grazhdanskii Gubernator | Military Governor of the city of Zhitomir and Volhynia Civil Governor |
| vgim | voennaya gimnaziya | military gymnasium (i.e. secondary school) |
| vgpb | vnutrennii garnizonnyi polubatalion | internal garrison half-battalion |
| vgpom | Voennyi General-Politseimeister | Military Police-Chief General |
| vgsp | voennyi gospital' | military hospital |
| vgub | vitse-gubernator | vice-governor |
| vi | voennyi inzhener | military engineer |
| viln | Vilenskii | Vilno, Vilna (adj.) |
| vilne | Vilenskii yegerskii polk | Vilna Jäger Regiment |
| vk | voennye kantonisty/Vitse-Kantsler | military cantonist (soldier's son)/vice-chanceller |
| vkf | Velikoe Knyazhestvo Finlyandskoe | Grand Duchy of Finland |
| vkggg | Vilenskii, Kovenskii i Grodnenskii General-Gubernator | Vilna, Kovno, and Grodno Governor-General |
| vkh | vakhmistr | (cavalry) sergeant |
| vkkk | Vladimirskii-Kievskii Kadetskii Korpus | Vladimir-Kiev Cadet Corps |
| vl | za vyslugu let/na Vladimirskoi lente | for years of service/on St.-Vladimir ribbon |
| vl,ss | za vyslugu let, so starshinstvom | for years of service, with seniority |
| vldklkp | Vladikavkazskii Lineinyi Kazachii polk | Vladikavkaz Line Cossack Regiment |
| vldkp | Vladikavkazskii polk | Vladikavkaz Regiment |
| vldmp | Vladimirskii pekhotnyi polk | Vladimir Infantry Regiment |
| vlgdp | Vologodskii pekhotnyi polk | Vologda Infantry Regiment |
| vlkle | Velikolutskii yegerskii polk | Velikie-Luki Jäger Regiment |
| vlmne | Vil'manstrandskii Yegerskii polk | Villmanstrand Jäger Regiment |
| vlnpred | vol'noopredelyayushchiisya | volunteer |
| vm | Voennoe Ministerstvo | War Ministry |
| vmkk | Voronezhskii-Mikhailovskii Kadetskii Korpus | Voronezh-Michael Cadet Corps |
| vmr | Voennyi Ministr | Minister of War |
| vmsgg | Vitebskii, Mogilevskii i Smolenskii General-Gubernator | Vitebsk, Mogilev, and Smolensk Governor-General |
| vmuk | Voenno-meditsinskii uchenyi komitet | Military Medical Science Committee |
| vmv | Voennoe Ministerstvo | War Ministry |
| vnach | Voennyi Nachal'nik | military commander, chief |
| vnklvch | voiska na Kavkazskoi Linii i v Chernomorii | forces on the Caucasian Line and on the Black-Sea coast |
| vnshtorg | vneshnaya torgovlya | external trade |
| vo | voennyi okrug | military district |
| vobdspau-1 | Vospitatel'noe Obshchestvo Blagorodnykh Devits i S.-Peterburgskoe | Society for the Upbringing of Nobleborn Girls and the St.-Petersburg |
| vobdspau-2 | Aleksandrovskoe Uchilishche | Alexander School |
| vobdsupoau-1 | Vospitatel'noe Obshchestvo Blagorodnykh Devits, s uchrezhdennym pri | Society for the Upbringing of Nobleborn Girls, with the co-established |
| vobdsupoau-2 | onom Aleksandrovskim Uchilishchem | Alexander School |
| voenkol | Voennaya Kollegiya | Military Collegium [i.e. War Ministry] |
| voln | Volynskii | Volhynian |
| volnp | Volynskii pekhotnyi polk | Volhynia Infantry Regiment |
| volnul | Volynskii Ulanskii polk | Volhynia Lancer Regiment |
| vos | za vyslugu opredelennago sroka | for serving the established term |
| voztsenz | po vozrastnomu tsenzu | due to age |
| vp | Voennoe Poselenie/Voennyya Poseleniya | military settlement/military settlements |
| vpe[i]vknts | Voenno-Pokhodnaya EGO [IMPERATORSKAGO] VELICHESTVA Kantselyariya | HIS [IMPERIAL] MAJESTY'S Military Campaign Chancellery |
| vpgsp | voennyi polugospital' | military half-hospital |
| vpk | voiska Pri-Kaspiiskago Kraya | forces of the Caspian Territory |
| vprzva | vse Pekhotnyya Rezervnyya i Zapasnyya voiska Armii | all infantry reserve and replacement forces of the army |
| vpspz | vedomstvo Putei Soobshcheniya i Publichnykh Zdanii | department of Ways of Communications and Public Buildings |
| vr#[p]r((v)ps) | Voenno-Rabochaya No. #[polu]rota(, (vedomstva ) Putei Soobshcheniya) | Military-Labor [Half-]Company No. # (of the Ways of Communications) |
| vr#r(vvp) | Voenno-Rabochaya No. # rota(, vedomstva Voennago Poseleniya) | Military-Labor Company No. # (of the Military Settlements) |
| vr#rmsch | Voenno-rabochii No. # rota Morskoi Stroitel'noi chasti | Military-Labor Company No. # of Naval Construction |
| vrb | Voenno-Rabochie Bataliony/po Voenno-rabochim batalionam | military-labor battalions/of military-labor battalions |
| vrb# | Voenno-rabochii batalion No. # | Military-Labor Battalion No. # |
| vrchuprv | vrachebnaya uprava | medical office |
| vrm | vremennyi | temporary, provisional |
| vrr | vremennaya rabochaya rota | provisional labor company |
| vrr#iv | Voenno-rabochaya No. # rota, Inzhenernago vedomstva | Military Labor Company No. #, on the Engineering establishement |
| vrriv | Voenno-rabochiya roty, Inzhenernago vedomstva | military labor companies on the engineer establishment |
| vrshvts | Varshavskaya-Aleksandrovskaya Tsitadel' | Warsaw Alexander Citadel |
| vrshvzhd | Varshavskii Zhandarmskii divizion | Warsaw Gendarme Double-Squadron |
| vrzbggpka | vsya Rezervnyya i Zapasnyya batarei Gvardeiskoi i Grenaderskoi Peshei i Konnoi Artillerii | all reserve and replacement batteries of Guards and Grenadier Foot and Horse Artillery |
| vs | voiskovoi starshina/Vnutrennyaya Strazha | cossack major/Internal Guard |
| vsdpp | vysluga sroka dlya polucheniya pensii | time served out to receive a pension |
| vsh | v shtate | on the regulation establishment, according to the table of organization |
| vsib | Vostochnaya Sibir' | Eastern Siberia |
| vsk | Voenno-Sudnaya Kommissiya | Military Court Commission |
| vsmsvkn | Voennyya [Voenno-]Sukhoputnyya i Morskiya sily, v Krymu nakhodyashchiyasya | Army and Navy forces in the Crimea |
| vsnkbupv35l | za vyslugoyu sroka, na kotoryi byl utverzhden posle vyslugi 35-ti let | for serving out the term after 35 years of service |
| vsp | vospitannik | pupil, student |
| vt | vneshnyaya torgovlya | foreign trade |
| vtbe | Vitebskii yegerskii polk | Vitebsk Jäger Regiment |
| vtd | Voenno-Topograficheskii Depo | Military Topography Depot |
| vtl | Varshavskaya Telegraficheskaya liniya | Warsaw Telegraph Line |
| vtsk | Voenno-tsensurnyi komitet | Military Censorship Committee |
| vuk | Voenno-Uchenyi Komitet | Military Expert Committtee |
| vul | za vysluzheniem uzakonennykh let | for serving out the regulation number of years |
| vuopb | Vysochaishee Uchrezhdennoe Obshchestvo Poseshcheniya Bednykh | Society for Visiting the Poor, established by Highest Authority |
| vuv18da1814gk | Vysochaishe uchrezhdennyi v 18-i den' Avgusta 1814 goda komitet | Committee established on 18 August 1814 by Highest Authority |
| vuz | Voenno-Uchebnyya Zavedeniya | Military Educational Institutions |
| vv | voenno-vremennyi | temporary military |
| vv#gsp | Voenno-vremennyi No. # G(g)ospital' | Temporary Military Hospital No. # |
| vver | voiska, v Estlyandii raspolozhennyya | troops in Estonia |
| vvfr | voiska v Finlyandii raspolozhennyya | troops in Finland |
| vvgmkgg | Vilenskii Voennyi, Grodenskii, Minskii i Kovenskii General-Gubernator | Vilna Military Governor and Grodno, Minsk, and Kovno Governor-General |
| vvgsp | voenno-vremmenyi gospital' | temporary military hospital |
| vvlkr | voiska, v Liflyandii i Kurlyandii raspolozhennyya | troops in Livonia and Courland |
| vvp | vedomstvo Voennago Poseleniya | of the Military Settlements, Military Settlements' administration |
| vvspoo | voiska, v S.-Peterburge i okrestnostyakh ostavshimisya | troops remaining in St. Petersburg and its environs |
| vvspoor | voiska, v S.-Peterburge i okrestnostyakh onago raspolozhennyya | troops in St. Petersburg and its environs |
| vvspor | voiska, v S.-Peterburge i okrestnostyakh raspolozhennyya | troops in St. Petersburg and environs |
| vvzhd | Varshavsko-Venskaya zheleznaya doroga | Warsaw-Vienna railroad |
| VYS | VYSOCHAISHII | HIGHEST (i.e. by command of the emperor himself) |
| vyslzh srk | za vysluzheniem sroka | for having served out the prescribed period |
| vzdbnidvn | Vospitatel'noe Zavedenie dlya Bednykh i Nravstvenno-Isporchennykh Detei v Narve | Narva Home for Poor and Mentally Disturbed Children |
| vznsul | Voznesenskii Ulanskii polk | Voznesensk Lancer Regiment |
| yaktp | Yakutskii pekhotnyi polk | Yakutsk Infantry Regiment |
| yaktpgkp | Yakutskii peshii gorodovoi kazachii polk | Yakutsk Town Cossack Regiment of Foot |
| ye | yesaul | yesaul (cossack rank equivalent to captain) |
| ye[k]kp | Yeniseiskii [Kazachii] Konnyi polk/Yeniseiskii Konnyi Kazachii polk | Yenisei [Cossack] Horse Regiment |
| yeavzdbdzhp-1 | Yevangelicheskoe Aleksandrinskoe Vospitatel'noe Zavedenie dlya | Alexander Evangelical Shelter for Poor Girls |
| yeavzdbdzhp-2 | Bednykh Detei Zhenskago Pola | Alexander Evangelical Shelter for Poor Girls |
| yegnts | Yekaterinoslavskii Grenaderskii EIV Naslednika Tsesarevicha polk | H.I.H. the Heir and Tsesarevich's Yekaterinoslav Grenadier Regiment |
| yektrp | Yekaterinburgskii pekhotnyi polk | Yekaterinburg Infantry Regiment |
| yelsvul | Yelisavetgradskii Ulanskii polk | Yelisavetgrad Lancer Regiment |
| yeltsp | Yeletskii pekhotnyi polk | Yelets Infantry Regiment |
| yev-a | Yevangelichesko-Augsburgskii | Evangelical-Augsburg |
| yev-l | yevangelichesko-lyuteranskii | Evangelical-Lutheran |
| yev-r | yevangelichesko-reformatskii | Evangelical-Reformed |
| yunk | yunker | junker (officer candidate in light infantry and artillery) |
| yuzh | yuzhnyi | southern |
| z | zapasnyi/zavedenie/Zauryad-/za-uryad/ | replacement/management/extra (in cossack ranks) |
| z#b#ab | Zapasnaya No. # batareya # Artilleriiskoi brigady | Replacement Battery No. # of the Nth Artillery Brigade |
| z#b#ad | Zapasnaya No. # batareya # Artilleriiskoi divizii | Replacement Battery No. # of the Nth Artillery Division |
| z[k]kv | Zabaikal'skoe [Konnoe] Kazach'e voisko | Trans-Baikal [Horse] Cossack Host |
| za#b | Zapasnyi Armeiskii No. # batalion | Army Replacement Battalion No. # |
| za#e | Zapasnyi Armeiskii No. # eskadron | Army Replacement Squadron No. # |
| zach | zachislyaetsya/s zachisleniem (po) | enrolled in, assigned to/with assignment to |
| zb | zapasnyi batalion/zapasnaya batareya/zapasnaya brigada | replacement battalion/replacement battery/replacement brigade |
| zbkl | Zabaikal'skii | Trans-Baikal |
| zd | Zimnyi Dvorets/zanimayushchii dolzhnost' | Winter Palace/occupying the position of |
| zd##pk | zapasnaya diviziya # Pekhotnago korpusa | Replacement Division of the Nth Infantry Corps |
| zdokk | Zapasnaya diviziya Otdel'nago Kavkazskago Korpusa | Replacement Division of the Separate Caucasus Corps |
| zdshs | zastavnyi dom shosseinago sbora | highway toll-collection office? |
| ze | zapasnyi eskadron | replacement squadron |
| zecho | zimnyaya ekspeditsiya Chechenskago otryada | winter expedition of the the Chechnya column |
| zep | Zapasnyi Yegerskii polk | Replacement Jäger Regiment |
| zg | za granitsu | beyond the border, outside the country |
| zg#b | Zapasnyi Gvardeiskii No. # batalion | Replacement Guards Battalion No. # |
| zg#e | Zapasnyi Gvardeiskii No. # eskadron | Replacement Guards Squadron No. # |
| zgp#b | Zapasnaya Gvardeiskaya Peshaya No. # batareya | Replacement Guards Foot Battery No. # |
| zgr[a]#b | Zapasnaya Grenaderskaya [Artilleriiskaya] No. # batareya | Replacement Grenader [Artillery] Battery No. # |
| zgsr | Zapasnaya Gvardeiskaya Sapernaya rota | Replacement Guards Sapper Company |
| zhbuvpvkan-1 | Zhenskaya Bol'nitsa, uchrezhdennaya v pamyat' Velikoi Knayagini | Women's Hospital founded in the memory of Grand Duchess |
| zhbuvpvkan-2 | Aleksandry Nikolaevny | Alexandra Nikolaevna |
| zhd | zheleznaya doroga | railroad |
| zhk | Zhandarmskaya komanda/zhelezokovatel'nyi | gendarem command, detachement/iron-forging |
| zhp | Zhandarmskii polk | Gendarme Regiment |
| zhrn | zhurnalist | journalist, keeper of minutes |
| zhtmre | Zhitomirskii yegerskii polk | Zhitomir Jäger Regiment |
| zkh | za khrabost' | for courage |
| zkm | Zakavkazskii Konno-Musul'manskii polk | Trans-Caucasian Muslim Horse Regiment |
| zm | zolotaya medal' | gold medal |
| zmag | zapasnyi magazin/zapasnye magaziny | reserve stores |
| zmstse | Zamostsskii yegerskii polk | Zamosc Jäger Regiment |
| znds | zachislyaetsya na deistvitel'nuyu sluzhbu | placed on active duty |
| zo | za otsutsviem | due to absence |
| zobs | znak otlichie za bezporochnoi sluzhboi | Medal for Reproachless Service |
| zovo | Znak otlichiya voennago ordena | Medal of the Military Order (St. George) |
| zoz#l | Znak Otlichiya za # let | Medal for N years (of service) |
| zozvd# | Znak Otlichiya za Voennago Dostoinstva # stepeni | Medal for Military Merit Nth Class (from the Polish VIRTUTI MILITARI) |
| zpa#b | Zapasnaya peshaya Artilleriiskaya No. # batareya | Replacement Foot-Artillery Battery No. # |
| zpkv | Zabaikal'skoe Peshee Kazach'e voisko | Trans-Baikal Foot Cossack Host |
| zpl | Zolotoi palash | gold sword (cuirassier broadsword) |
| zpp | Zapasnyi Pekhotnyi polk | replacement infantry regiment |
| zps | Zolotaya polusablya | gold half-saber |
| zs | Zolotaya sablya | gold saber |
| zsd | zasedatel' | member, juror |
| zsds | Zasedayushchii | sitting member |
| zsh | Zolotaya shashka | gold sword (cossack-style shashka) |
| zshp | zolotaya shpaga | gold sword (rapier) |
| zsib | Zapadnaya Sibir' | Western Siberia |
| zslzh | zasluzhennyi | merited, well-deserved, veteran |
| zv | zapasnyya voiska | replacement forces (usually newly trained troops) |
| zvd | zavod | works, factory |
| zvdv | zavedyvayushchii | managing, in charge of |
| zvn | zvanie | rank, title, position |
| zvvsspg | Zasedayushchii v Voennom Sovete s pravom golosa | sitting member of the Military Council with the right to vote |