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Abbreviations and acronyms

BI Botanika Instituty (Botanical Institute), Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, Alma Ata.
BiL Bibliotïeka imïeni Lïenina (Lenin Library), Moscow.
BIV Bibliotïeka imïeni V.I. Vïernads'kogo (V.I. Viernadsky Library), Kiev.
CIS Community of Independent States
ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
ESKATO (= ESCAP) Ekonomichïeskaïa i Stosial'naïa Kommissiïa OON po stranam Azii i Tikhogo Okïeana.
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
GNP Gross national product.
IGRAN Institut Gïeografii Rossiïskoï Akadïemii Naouk (Geographical §Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences), Moscow.
IP Institut Pustyn' (Institute of Deserts, Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan), Ashkhabad.
KR FAK Kazakhstan Rïespublikasy. Fylym Akadïemiiasynym Kitapkhasy (Republic of Kazakhstan. Academy of Sciences Library), Alma Ata.
MGU Moskovskiï Gosudarstvïennyï Univïersitïet imïeni M. Lomonosova (M. Lomonossov University), Moscow.
RAN Russkaïa Akadïemiïa Naouk (Russian Academy of Sciences)
SOPS Sovïet pro Organizatsii Proizvoditïel'nykh Sil (Council for the Organization of Productive Forces)
UAM Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan').
UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme.
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
WGiSR UW Wydzial Geografii i Studiow Regionalnych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (Department of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw), Warsaw.

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