Glossary of Russian and USSR aviation acronyms: Engines and equipment. This is a glossary of acronyms and initials used for aero-engines and aircraft equipment in the Russian Federation and formerly the USSR.  The Latin-alphabet names are phonetic representations of the Cyrillic originals, and variations are inevitable.

Aero engines

Aviadvigatel - Aircraft engine

 - Accessories gearbox

 Avtomaht Tyaghi - auto-throttle

 Avtomaticheskiy vint – automatic pitch [propeller]

 (suffix) Bezredooktornyy - no reduction gearbox [direct-drive]

 - surge prevention system

 - booster

 Dvigatel - engine

 Dopolnityel'nyi Motor – supplementary motor

 - diesel Novikov

 - supplementary lift engine

 Dvukhkonturnyi Turboreaktivnyi Dvigatel – twin-spool gas turbine engine

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 (suffix) Ekonomichnyi - economical

 (suffix) Forseerovannyi - uprated

 Gelikopternyi Turbo-Dvigatel'  - helicopter turboshaft

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 (suffix/prefix) Korotkoresoorsnyi – short service life

 Khimicheskoye Zazhigahniye – chemical ignition

 Motornyi – prefix used for many piston engines prior to use of OKB names [ca. 1940]

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 Neftyanoy - of crude oil type (diesel engines)

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  Opeetnaya Raketa – experimental rocket engine

 Opeetnyi Reaktivnyi Motor – experimental reaction motor

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 - piston engine

 Porokhovoy Raketnyi Dvigatel – gunpowder rocket motor

 Porokhovaya Startovaya Raketa – solid fuel rocket booster

 - pulsejet

 - Ramjet

 (suffix) Redooktornyi - geared

 Reaktivnyi – jet-propelled 

 - digital control unit FADEC

 Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – jet engine

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 Reaktivnyi Dvigatel – jet engine

 (suffix) Regoolator Toorbokompressora – Turbo-charger regulator

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 (suffix) Sdoov [Pogranichnovo Sloya] – boundary layer blowing/control

 Stendovyy – test-bed engine

 Sistema Izmereniya Otnosheniya Davleniya – pressure-ratio measurement system

 Startovyi Porohovoi Raketny Dvigatel – RATOG rocket-assisted take-off gear / JATO jet assisted take-off

 - APU

 (suffix) Toorbokompressor - turbocharger

 Toorbokompressor Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – gas Turbine reaction engine

 Toorboreaktivnyi [Dvigatel] – turbojet engine

 - jet engine

 - twin-spool turbojet

 ToorboVintovoy – turboprop/turboshaft

 ToorboVintovoy Dvigatel – turboprop engine

 - turbofan

 - Propfan

 - booster

 Vint F Shaga – variable-pitch propeller

 Vint Izmenyayemovo Shaga – constant speed propeller

 Vint Postoyannovo Shaga - fixed itch propeller

 Vozdooshno-Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – air reaction engine

 Vozdushno-Reaktivny Dvigatel Kompressornyi – air reaction compressor jet

 Vozdooshnyy Vint - airscew / propeller

 Zhidkostnyi Reaktivnyy Dvigatel – liquid fuelled rocket engine

Aero engine design bureaux

Aleksei Dmitriyevich Charomskii

Aleksandr Ivchyenko

Arkhip Mikhailovich Lyul'ka

Mikulin

Mikulin & B.S. Stechkin

Arkadiya Dmitriyevich Shvetsov

Merkulov engines

Soloviev engines

S. S. Balandin

Aleksei Mikhailovich dobrotvorskii

Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kuznetsov

Soloviev [Aviadvigatel]

Dobrynin engines

Klimov engines

Equipment

1.AFA (AeroFotoApparaht – aerial camera)
2. AviatsionnyFotoApparaht - large reconnaissance cameras)

 AeroFotoUStanovka – aerial camera mount)

 - engine driven compressor

 Avtomaticheskaya Kachayushchayasya AeroFotoUstanovka – automatic tilting camera mount

 Aviatsionnaya Katapool'tnaya Oostnovka – aircraft mounted ejector

  - hand driven cine camera

 Aviasionnoye Mahslo Ghidravlicheskoye – aviation hydraulic fluid

 Aviatsionnyy Protivopozharnnyy Opryskivatel – airborne fire-fighting sprayer

 Aviatsionnoye Pooskovoye Oostroystvo - missile launch rail

 Aviatsionnaya Pooskovay Oostanovka, Odinochnaya [dlya snaryadov kalibra] 212 milimetrov – aircraft mounted launcher, single, for 212mm HVAR's

 Avtomaticheskiy Regoolyator Davleniya – automatic pressure regulator

 Avtomaticheskiy Regoolyator Temperatoory – automatic temperature regulator

 Avtomaht Sbrosa Otrazhahteley – automatic chaff and flare dispenser

 - fire suppression system

 - navigation lights

1. Bahloochnyy Derzhahtel'  - beam type [weapons] rack
2. BomboDertchatel – bomb rack

 - cargo winch

 BL Mishen - target winch

 - target winch

 Booksirooyemaya Mishen – towed target

 Bortovoy Obogrevahtel'  – on-board [gasoline] cabin heater

 Blok Vybrosa Pomekh – interference ejector 'Chuff & Fluff'

 Derzhahtel'  - holder

 Desahntnaya Kabina – assault trooper cabin

Type D daylight reconnaissance pod

 Derzhahtel' Osvetitel'nykh Sredstv – racks for means of illumination (flare bomb cassette)

 DoRazvedchik – auxiliary reconnaissance drone/aircraft

 Derzhatel' yahshchichnyy Sredstv Signalizahtsii – box-type rack for signal means

 Elektricheskaya Kasseta Signahl'nykh Patronov - electric signal flare launcher)

 Elektricheskaya Kasseta Signahl'nykh R - electric signal flare launcher

 - multi-function engine indicators

 Elektrichesky Sbrasyvatel – electric bomb release device

 - photo-recording module

 - landing/taxi light

 - retractable landing/taxi lamps

 - fire extinguisher bottle

 Groozvaya Lebyodka - Cargo winch

 - hydraulic pump

 Ghenerahtor Odnofahznyy - generator

 GhermoShlem - pressure helmet

 - generator

- generator

 - generator

 - generator

 Gelikopter Turbo-Dvigatyel – helicopter turbine engine

 (suffix) Instrooktor - instructor

 - electric drive system

1. Kompleks [Vo'orouzheniya] – weapons system
2. - non braking nose-wheel

 (suffix) Kryl'yevoy - wing-mounted)

 Klapan-avtomaht Dvoynovo Deystviya – dual-action automatic safety valve

 Kasseta/Konteyner Avareevyno-Spasahtel'naya – rescue capsule

 Kompleksnyy Agrgaht Zaprahvki – self-contained refuelling pack

 Kassetnyy Derzhahtel'  - cassette-type rack

 - chaff and flare dispenser

 Komplekt Kislorodnovo Oboroodovaniya – oxygen equipment set

 Kombinirovanny Konteiner Razvedy – combined reconnaissance pod

1. - oxygen mask
2.[katapool'tnoye] Kreslo Mikoyana – Mikoyan ejection seat

 Kislorodnyy Preebor – oxygen equipment

 Kislorodnyy Preebor Aviatsionny – aircraft oxygen equipment

 Kormovaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – Starboard beam sighting station

 Kislorodnyy Preebor Zhidkosnyy – oxygen system

 [katapool'tnoye] Kreslo Sukhovo – Sukhoi [ejection] seat

 Koleso Tormoznoye - brake [equipped] wheel

 Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya – inflatable rescue dinghy

 Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya Modernizeervannaya – inflatable rescue dinghy modernised

 - cargo winch

 Levaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – Port beam sighting station

 Mnogokoolpol'naya [parashootnaya] Sistema – multi-canopy [parachute] system

 M Lodka AvareeynoSpasahtel'naya-M – M single man inflatable rescue dinghy-M

 - multiple ejector rack

 Mekhanizm Razvorota Kolesa – [nosewheel] steering mechanism

 - cockpit voice recorder

 Morskoy Spasahtel'nyy Kostyum – maritime rescue suit

 - flight data recorder

 Nochnoy AeroFotoApparaht - night reconnaissance cameras

 Nosimyy Avareeynyy Zapahs – survival kit

 – Type N night reconnaissance pod

 Opticheskiy Pritsel Bombardirovochnyy – optical bomb sight)

 - fire extinguisher bottle

 OM Pritsel - Il-10m gunners gunsight

 Pritsel AN - telescopic sight

 Pulemet Aviatcionny Uchebny – aircraft gun camera

 Parashootnaya DSB- parachute droppable container

 Parashootnaya DUR - parachute droppable package

 Parashootnaya Groozovaya Sistema – parachute cargo system

1. Planeeruyushchaya Mishen – gliding target
2. Pikeeruyuschchaya Mishen – diving target

 Pritsel MP - Il-10m pilots gunsight)

 Preobrazovahtel' Odnofahznyy – AC converters

 - pitot boom

 Pritsel PD - collimating sight)

 Plot spasahtel'nyy Nadoovnoy – six man life raft

 Pritsel Strelkovyy Periskopicheskiy – flexible periscopic sight

1. Preobrazovahtel' Tryokhfahznyy – AC converters
2. Parashoot Tormoznoy – brake parachute

 Podvesnoy Toplivnyy Bahk – metal/external drop tanks

 - compressed cardboard drop tanks

 Preeyomnik Vozdooshnovo Davleniya – air pressure sensor

 – Type R Elint pod

 Regoolaytor Davleniye – pressure regulator

 Raspylitel Toornel'nyy Shirokozakhvahtnyy – wide-strip tunnel type spreader

1. - gun camera
2. - parachute

 - ground power receptacle

 Sistema Imitahtsii Otkahzov – malfunction simulation system

 - ejection seat

 Stahntsiya Kompleksnaya Aerogheofizicheskaya Tryokhmetodnaya – three method integrated airborne geophysical module

 - liquid oxygen (LOX) converter

 - anti collision beacon

 - rotating anti-coll light

 - fire warning system

 - starter-generator

 Topograficheskiy AeroFotoapparaht – topographic aircraft camera

 ToorboGenerahtor - turbo-generator

 - starter generator

 Teleskopicheskiy Strelyayushchiy Mekhanizm – telescopic firing mechanism  ejection gun

 Toorbonasosnaya Oostanovka – [air] turbo hydraulic pump

Ttpe T TV reconnaissance pod

1. Oonifi-tseerovannyy - universal)
2. Oochenik - trainee

 Oonifitseerovannyy Ballon Sharovoy – universal [fire extinguisher] spherical bottles

 Oonifitseerovannyy Khvostovoy Otsek – standardised tail compartment [for ECM])

 Universalny Podvesnoy Agregat Zapravki – in-flight refuelling pod

 Vylivnoy Aviatsionnyy Pribor – fire-fighting module

 Ventileeruyemyy Kostyum – ventilated suit

 Vysotnyy Kompenseeruyuschchiy Kostyum - altitude compensation/pressure suit

- heat insulated and waterproof maritime pressure/rescue suit

 Vintovoy Podyomnik - screw-jack

1. Verkhnaya Pritsel'naya Stahntsiya – dorsal sighting system
2. Vytyazhnaya Parashoonaya Sistema – parachute extraction system

 Vysotnyy Spasahtel'nyy Skafandr – high altitude rescue suit

 Zashchitnyy Shlem - flying helmet

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