| ABN |
Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations |
| AUGB |
Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain |
| BBC |
British Broadcasting Corporation |
| CURB |
Central Ukrainian Relief Bureau |
| DP |
Displaced Person |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUD |
Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Diaspora |
| KoDUS |
Komisiia Dopomohy Ukrainskomy Studentstvu – Relief Board for Ukrainian Students |
| EVW |
European Voluntary Worker |
| MP |
Member of Parliament |
| ODVU |
Orhanizatsiia Derzhavnoho Vidrodzennia Ukrainy – Organization for the Rebirth
of Ukraine |
| OUN |
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists |
| OUN-B |
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists - "Banderite" wing |
| OUN-M |
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists - "Melnykite" wing |
| OUNz |
Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists Abroad (OUN za kordonom) |
| PAF |
Polish Armed Forces |
| PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| POW |
Prisoner of war |
| PRC |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
| SAUGB |
Self-Reliance Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain |
| SSR |
Soviet Socialist Republic |
| UAOC |
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church |
| UCSA |
Ukrainian Canadian Servicemen's Association |
| UGA |
Ukrainian Galician Army |
| UIS |
Ukrainian Information Service |
| UK |
United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) |
| UNA |
Ukrainian National Army |
| UNDO |
Ukrainske natsionalno-demokratychne obiednannia – Ukrainian
National Democratic Alliance |
| UNIS |
Ukrainian National Information Service |
| UNR |
Ukrainska Narodna Respublika – Ukrainian People's Republic |
| UNRada |
Ukrainska Natsionalna Rada – Ukrainian National Council |
| UNRRA |
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration |
| USRL |
Ukrainian Self-Reliance League of Canada |
| USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| UVO |
Ukrainska Viiskova Orhanizatsiia – Ukrainian Military Organisation |
| ZUNR |
Zakhidno-Ukrainska Narodna Respublika – Western Ukrainian People's Republic |