Cтруктурно-семантические особенности сложносокращенных слов и аббревиатур, образованных в советский период

In the present paper there are shown different types of abbreviations that convey the Soviet period reality. As it is proved in the contemporary dictionaries, many of such words and structures are still in use today. However, some abbreviations are recognised as obsolete. With the status of historicisms, they became the prove of bureaucratic paperwork that grew in the Soviet era. In the history of Russian language numerous abbreviations, such as ЧК or НКВД, became the symbols of the Soviet repressive past.