In economy of the Soviet Union and economy of Russia, Technical Control Departments (, OTK) were and are in charge of quality assurance of production and services.Large Encyclopedic Dictionary, vol. 2, Moscow, 1991, article "Отдел технического контроля"Statute of a Technical Control Department (modern Russia), Spravochnik Ekonomista ("Economist's Reference"), no. 10, 2004
In the late Soviet Union the OTK existed in all socialist enterprises.
See also State Quality Mark of the USSR State Acceptance of Production
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