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 наркомат земледелия People's Commissariat for Agriculture.

наркомат иностранных дел People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs.

наркомат лёгкой промышленности People's Commissariat of Light Industry.

наркомат легпром See наркомат лёгкой промышленности.

наркомат лесной промышленности Peoples' Commissariat of Forestry.

наркомат обороны People's Commissariat for Defense.

наркомат пищевой промышленности People's Commissariat of Food Industries.

наркомат путей сообщения People's Commissariat of Communication. Supervises railroads and roads.

наркомат связи People's Commissariat of Communication (mail, telegraph, telephone, etc.).

наркомат совхозов People's Commissariat For Sofkhozes.

наркомат тяжёлой промышленности People's Commissariat for Heavy Industry.

наркомат тяжпром See наркомат тяжёлой промышленности.

наркомат финансов People's Commissariat of Finances.

наркомвнешторг See наркомат внешней торговли.

наркомвнудел See наркомат внутренних дел.

наркомзем See наркомат земледелия.

наркоминдел See наркомат иностранных дел.

народный комиссар People's Commissar. Equivalent to a head of a government department or to a member of the President's Cabinet in the USA.

народный комиссариат People's Commissariat. Government department in the USSR.

национальный округ national okrug. Territorial division somewhat smaller than an autonomous oblast.

обком obkom, provincial committee of the Communist Party.

областной исполнительный комитет See облисполком.

областной комитет See обком.

область Oblast. Basic administrative and territorial unit in most of the Union Republics.

облисполком oblispolkom, oblast executive committee.

организационное бюро See оргбюро.

оргбюро Organizational Bureau of the Executive Committee of All-Union Communist Party.

политбюро Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.

политическое бюро ЦКВКП (б) See политбюро.

президиум Верховного совета Presidium of the Supreme Soviet.

райком district committee of the Communist Party.

район rayon. Small administrative and territorial division of an oblast.

районный комитет See райком.

сельсовет, сельский совет town soviet, village soviet.

Совет государственной обороны Council for National Defense.

совет народных комиссаров See совнарком.

Совет национальностей Council of Nationalities. One of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet. Representative body of Union Republics, autonomous republics, and autonomous oblasts of the USSR.

Совет Союза Council of the Union. One of the two chambers of the Supreme Soviet. Elected by the entire population of the USSR.

совнарком Council of People's Commissars. Analogous to the Cabinet in the United States. Includes the heads of all people's Commissariats.

союзная республика Union Republic. Constituent part of the USSR.

станица Cossack village.

финотдел Finotdel; Department of finance. The same term applies also to financial division of any public body or institution.

центральный комитет Всесоюной коммунистической партии (большевиков) Central Committee of the All-Union Commimist (Bolshevik) Party.

шефство adoption system. This system is widely used to encourage efficiency of factories and kolkhozes. An institution or a factory adopts a kolkhoz or another factory, and encourages it to do better work by giving it all possible assistance, and also by means of presents, Arisits, etc.

Экономический совет Economic Council. See also Эконоисовет.

Экономсовет Economsoviet. Division of the Soviet Government whose functions include coordination of the activity of the People's Commissariats in the field of national economy.

APPENDIX 5

Names of the Days and Months

DAYS OF THE WEEK

воскресенье Sunday

понедельник Monday

вторник Tuesday

среди Wednesday

четверг Thursday

пятница Friday

суббота Saturday