List of frequently used abbreviations in reserach related to the Cold War

Supreme Commanders of the Warsaw Pact Unified Armed Forces (1955-1991)

Chiefs of Staff of the Warsaw Pact Unified Armed Forces

Heads of the COMECON

First Secretaries of the Party of Labour of Albania (1941-1991)

Chairmen of the Presidium of the People's Assembly / President (1953-1992)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1954-1991)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1953-1991)

Ministers of Defense (1953-1991)

First Secretaries of the Bulgarian Communist Party (1954-1990)

Presidents (1971-1997)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1950-1992)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1950-1993)

Ministers of Defense (1950-1992)

First Secretaries of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (1953-1989)

Presidents (1953-1992)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1945-1990)

Premiers of the Czech Republic (1969-1992)

Premiers of the Slovak Republic (1969-1998)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1953-1992)

Ministers of Defense (1956-1992)

General Secretaries of the Socialist Unity Party (1949 - 1990)

Chairmen of the Council of State (1949-1990)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1949-1990)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1949-1990)

Ministers of Defense (1956-1990)

Heads of the Hungarian Socialist Parties (1945-1998)

Presidents (1952-2000)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1939-1990)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1939-1990)

Ministers of Defense (1953-1994)

Hungarian Embassies and Other Diplomatic Missions (1945-1978)

First Secretaries of the Polish United Workers' Party (1948-1990)

Presidents of the People's State Council (1952-1989)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1944-1989)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1944-1989)

Ministers of Defense (1949-1991)

General Secretaries of the Romanian Communist Party (1954-1989)

Heads of State of Romania (1961-1996)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1939-1990)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1939-1990)

Ministers of Defense (1950-1994)

General Secrataries of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1953-1991)

Presidents (1985-1991)

Chairmen of the Council of Ministers (1953-1991)

Ministers of Foreign Affairs (1953-1991)

Ministers of Defense (1953-1991)