Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
УНГС ВМФ
English translation:
Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service
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Jennifer Guernsey
May 4, 2007 15:00
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УНГС ВМФ
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This is an entity that published works on geodesy and astronomy in Leningrad in 1956. ВМФ is the Navy, obviously, but what is УНГС?
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service |
GaryG
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Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service
from the DIA Glossary of Soviet Military Abbreviations
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-04 16:05:21 GMT)
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It expands to Управление начальника гидрографической службы.
The Glossary curiously translated "Управление" here as "Office" [of]; I corrected it, because this is a hierarchical component of the Navy.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-05-05 02:54:08 GMT)
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If you enter this full expansion of the abbreviation at http://search.content.mail.ru
you get numerous hits. Most seem decades old. Is the source also decades old?
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-04 16:05:21 GMT)
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It expands to Управление начальника гидрографической службы.
The Glossary curiously translated "Управление" here as "Office" [of]; I corrected it, because this is a hierarchical component of the Navy.
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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-05-05 02:54:08 GMT)
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If you enter this full expansion of the abbreviation at http://search.content.mail.ru
you get numerous hits. Most seem decades old. Is the source also decades old?
Note from asker:
| The source is recent, but this abbreviation is in the reference list and relates to an old (1956) reference. |
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Comment: "Thanks, Gary!"
Discussion
в аналогичном сокращении ГУНиО МО = главное управление навигации и океанографии министерства обороны