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	HU OSA 205-4-206
Fonds 205:	Records of the Open Media Research Institute
Subfonds 4:	Information Services Department
Series 206:	Russian Monitoring Archives

Date(s) 1986-1999 (1992-1997)

Extent and medium 203 Archival boxes, 25 linear meters

Administrative/Biographical history

• HU OSA 205C Open Media Research Institute
• HU OSA 205-4C Information Services Department

Archival history

After closure of the Open Media Research Institute in 1994 under the special agreement the files stayed at RFE/RL to support their research, publishing and broadcasting activitis. They were transferred to Open Society Archives in
Due to transfer procedures' problems from Prague to Budapest the original arrangement of the series was slightly changed. The new system of arrangement reflects the one that was introduced and used both at the archives of RFE/RL Research Institute and Open Media Research Institute for filing materials with main entries like Economy, Politics, Security, Social Issues, etc.

Scope and content

The Russian Monitoring Archives (Subject Files) was started by the staff of the Slavic, Baltic and Eurasian Archives at the RFE/RL Research Institute (Munich, Germany) and later continued at the Open Media Research Institute, thus mostly covering the period from 1992 to 1997 although ealier and later materials can be found.

Collected materials, consisting mostly of press clippings, news agency releases and TV and radio monitoring, were filed according to English subject codes. Due to transfer procedures the original order was slightly modified at Open Society Archives.

The series comprise information relating to the Russian Federation on different topics such as economy, politics, foreign relations and relations with other CIS countries, armed forces and social issues. Of particular interest are files and materials on the state building, government structure and activities, development of market economy including finance, banking system, etc. Another large bulk of materials are connected with human rights movements and national relations and conflicts in the post-Soviet period. The series also includes biographical files on prominent public and political figures.

Accruals Not expected

System of arrangement

• Arranged by the English language subject code and thereunder alphabetically by folder titles

Language/scripts of material

English, Russian (Mostly Russian)

Finding aids

• 203 containers

Related units of description

• HU OSA 300-80-1 Old Code Subject Files, 1953-1994
• HU OSA 300-80-4 Commonwealth of Independent States Files, 1990-1994
• HU OSA 300-81-1 Subject Files Related to the USSR and the Russian Federation, 1982-1994
• HU OSA 205-4-202 Subject Files Created by WPS [What Papers Say, Moscow News Agency], 1995-1997
• HU OSA 205-4-201 The Former Soviet Union Archives, 1975-1997
• HU OSA 205-4-200 Subject Files from the RFE/RL Research Institute, 1993-1994
• HU OSA 205-3-2 Transitions, 1997-1998
• HU OSA 205-3-1 Transition, 1994-1997
• HU OSA 205-4-203 The Russian Regional Files, 1992-1997
• HU OSA 205-4-204 Environmental Files, 1995-1997
• HU OSA 205-4-208 Media Daily Highlights from the RFE/RL Research Institute, 1982-1994
• HU OSA 205-4-209 The Former Soviet Union Media Digest Files from the RFE/RL Research Institute, 1994-1995
• HU OSA 205-4-210 The Former Soviet Union Press Survey, 1995-1997
• HU OSA 205-3-8 OMRI Daily Digest in Russian, 1995-1997
• HU OSA 205-3-9 OMRI Economic Digest, 1995-1997
• HU OSA 205-3-10 OMRI Analytical Brief, 1996-1997
• HU OSA 205-3-13 OMRI Special Report: Russian Duma Election Survey, 1995
• HU OSA 205-3-14 OMRI Russian Presidential Survey, 1996
• HU OSA 205-3-12 OMRI Russian Regional Report, 1996-1997

Date(s) of descriptions

Arranged by Olga Zaslavslaya; processed by Banyasz Miklos; described by Oga Zaslavskaya, 15 October 2003
Online version updated 6 January 2012