Organizations
GKNT = USSR State Committee for
Science and Technology
VASKhNIL =
V.I. Lenin Ail-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Administrative Divisions
RSFSR
= Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic (or Russian Federation)
SSR =
Soviet Socialist Republic
ASSR =
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
territory
= Russ. krai
region
= Russ. oblast'
province
= Russ. guberniya (obsolete)
district
= Russ. raion
area
or zone = Russ. zona
Breeding Terms
breeding
centre = Russ. plemennoi zavod (plemzavod)
conservation
herd = Russ. genofondnoe stado
germ
plasm = Russ. genofond
improved
breed = Russ. zavodskaya poroda (or kulturnaya poroda) i.e. one
suitable for intensive
production
taboon
= Russ. tabun, a herd or drove of horses on free range
udder
index = percentage of milk produced by the forequarters
Fleece Terms
blocky
staple = Russ. shtapelnoe runo
breaking
length of wool = the theoretical length of wool which would break under its
own
weight when suspended from one end
fleece
hangs in pointed locks = Russ. kosichnoe runo
guard
hair = Russ. ost'
kemp =
Russ. m�rtvyi volos (dead hair)
lambskin
or fur = Russ. smushka
pelt
= Russ. shuba
sheepskin
= Russ. ovchina
tan =
Russ. ryzhyi
tippy
staple = Russ. shtapelno-kosichnoe runo
true
wool = Russ. pukh i.e. down or undercoat
yolk =
Russ. zhiropot i.e. sweat or suint plus sebum or fat