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| Subject | English | Russian |
| SAP. | academic title | учёная степень |
| math. | academic title | учёное звание |
| ed. | State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles | Высшая аттестационная комиссия (Leonid Dzhepko) |
| gen. | State Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles | ВАК (Lavrov) |
| inf. | the State commission for academic degrees and titles | ВАК (высшая аттестационная комиссия: комиссия при Министерстве образования России, утверждающая присуждение учёных степеней и званий a commission under the Russian Ministry of Education that approves the academic degrees and titles awarded by educational and research institutions) |