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This paper is devoted to the abbreviations in the field of industry and military registered in the Russian-German Dictionary by A.F. Nessler. The introductory part – b besides a characterization of the source of the linguistic material and a synthesis of research on post-revolutionary abbreviations – includes a historical outline of the migration of Germans to Russian territories and the state of industry and military in the interwar period. The analysis focuses on determining the number of acronyms in each group, their structure and models of lexicographic description. The conclusions of the study are compared with those resulting from the analysis of acronyms included in the Russian-Polish Dictionary published at the same time.