Russian question...

[apollotiger.livejournal.com]

My little brother's friend's father got something that I would best describe as a "messenger's bag" (you see them on bike messengers in old movies), and it had Russian on the inside. I couldn't understand it, and I suppose some of it is abbreviated:

ШТК (ИМ. or НМ., I wasn't sure which) К. МАРКСА
ОТК - 30. 11. 1978г

I guessed that 1978г was "1978 год..." any help here is appreciated.

Comments

[virtualsushi.livejournal.com]

Most probably it means: "Sewing Factory named by K. Marx".

ШТК = Швейно-ткацкий комбинат
ИМ. = имени

[cema.livejournal.com]

Named after. That is, K. Marx Sewing Factory (just the name, okay?) Quality Assurance passed on November 30, 1978. Produced at the end of month; would not be considered a good buy (they would usually rush production to fulfill a monthly plan). Someone is lucky. :-)

[simonff.livejournal.com]

And ОТК is Отдел Технического Контроля. (The stamp meaning that item passed quality control on the specified date.)

[dair-spb.livejournal.com]

what this thing looks like? ;-)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

Wow. Must be a collector's item. Normally that late Soviet stuff did not wear too good, so the owner was lucky it was not all too rotten :)

[vladon.livejournal.com]

(almost) all russian abbreviations are at Sokr.Ru (http://sokr.ru/)