Identity Statement

Reference Code

HU OSA 205-4-210

Title

The Former Soviet Union Press Survey

Date(s)

1995 - 1997

Description Level

Series

Extent and medium (processed)

166 Archival boxes, 20.75 linear meters

Context

Name of creator(s)

Open Media Research Institute

Content and Structure

Scope and Content (Abstract)

The series contains clippings from periodicals published in the following countries of the former Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and also in the republics of the Russian Federation - Bashkortostan, Chechnya, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, South Ossetia, Tatarstan, and Georgia - Abkhazia.

These materials were prepared by several agencies contracted by OMRI in Latvia, Belarus (Runy News Agency), Ukraine (UNIAR), and the Russian Federation (What Papers Say, Moscow News Agency).
The series comprises a set of bulletins up to 30 pages in length, faxed on a daily or weekly basis and filed by the Monitoring Unit.

The first four boxes contain tables of contents for most of the issues included in the files.

These clippings were supposed to reflect the reactions of the national (or local) media to the most important events of local, national and international significance. In this capacity they represented a variety of viewpoints, complementing one another and providing all together a complex picture of the whole region. Of particular interest are clippings in national languages from the republics of Caucasus and Central Asia.

Accruals

Not Expected

System of arrangement

Arranged by the countries' names in English alphabet, thereunder chronologically

Conditions of Access and Use

Conditions governing access

Unknown

Languages

Abkhazian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Belarusian, Georgian, Kazakh, Kirghiz; Kyrgyz, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan, Russian, Tajik, Tatar, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Uzbek

Description Control

Archivist's note

Arranged by Olga Zaslavskaya; described by Natasha Zanegina, 1998; revised by Olga Zaslavskaya, January 28, 2003; translated to Russian by Katerina Belenkina, December, 2022.