| 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. |