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УНГС ВМФ

English translation: Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service

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Russian term or phrase:УНГС ВМФ
English translation:Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service
Entered by: Jennifer Guernsey

15:00 May 4, 2007
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Surveying / Geodesy/global positioning technology
Russian term or phrase: УНГС ВМФ
This is an entity that published works on geodesy and astronomy in Leningrad in 1956. ВМФ is the Navy, obviously, but what is УНГС?
Jennifer Guernsey
United States
Local time: 05:52
Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service
Explanation:
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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GaryG
Local time: 05:52
Grading comment
Thanks, Gary!
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5 +2Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service
GaryG


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Directorate of the Chief of the Hydrographic Service


Explanation:
from the DIA Glossary of Soviet Military Abbreviations

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2007-05-04 16:05:21 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

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.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 11 hrs (2007-05-05 02:54:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

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?

GaryG
Local time: 05:52
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks, Gary!
Notes to answerer
Asker: The source is recent, but this abbreviation is in the reference list and relates to an old (1956) reference.


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agree  Andrew Sabak
6 hrs
agree  Alexandra Tussing
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