Abbreviations

Institutions:
BGAKFFD – Belarusian State Archives of Films, Photographs and Sound Recordings
BGAMLI – Belarusian State Archives-Museum of Literature and Art
BelNIIDAD – Belarusian Research Institute of Records Management and Archival Studies
BelNITsED – Belarusian Research Center for Electronic Records
NIAB – National Historical Archives of Belarus
NIAB in Grodno – National Historical Archives of Belarus in Grodno

Territorial units:
GDL – Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus and Samogitia
PLC – Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Archive and book indexes:
f. – fond (record group)
op. – opis (inventory)
d. – delo (file)
l. – list (folio)
ob. – reverse side of folio
ed. – edition
Vol. – volume
P. – page