Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 205-3-1

Title

Transition

Date(s)

1994 - 1997

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

1 Archival boxes, 0.12 linear meters

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The series contains issues of OMRI's biweekly printed magazine Transition: Events and Issues in the Former Soviet Union and East-Central and Southeastern Europe. The publication was launched in 1994 by the Open Media Research Institute as continuation of the RFE/RL Research Report. The first pilot issue under the title Society in Transition: News and Analysis of Developments in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern and Southeastern Europe was published in November 1994.

Besides the articles by OMRI analysts, the magazines contain short items on developments throughouot the region; excerpts from editorials, speeches, and important documents; essay book and films reviews; articles on cultural affairs; an opinion pieces by and interviews with leading government officails, political figures, opinion makers, etc.
Transition also carried periodic special issues on important topics such as the media, foreign affairs, and the social costs of transition.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged chronologically

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

English

Description Control

Archivist's note

Processed by Olga Zaslavskaya, August 25, 2003.