Thematic Guides

Reference Information Papers (RIP)

Reference Information Papers (RIP) are thematic finding aids compiled by staff archivists, which aim to guide researchers to OSA's archival materials on a given topic. RIPs are cross-sectional digests of the holdings and typically cover several countries. Issues are published irregularly, and always reflect the status quo of the holdings. The catalog entries specify the fonds reference, date span, approximate quantity, and, occasionally, the medium of the records.

  1. Raoul Wallenberg HTML
    Prepared by Anna Svenson with the contribution of Katalin Dobo, Iván Székely, Sergey Glushakov, September 2005
  2. The Environment HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Dena Schoen, December 1995, revised by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., September 2001
  3. The Roma (Gypsies) HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Bosko Spasojevic, September 1996, revised by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., September 2001
  4. The 1956 Reference Information Paper HTML
    Completely revised version compiled by OSA staff, October 2006
  5. Church and Religion HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Bosko Spasojevic, August 1997, revised by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., September 2001
  6. Nonconformist Artists in the USSR, 1956-1986 HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Olga Zaslavskaya and Bosko Spasojevic, September 1997, revised by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., September 2001
  7. The Prague Spring, 1968 HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Bosko Spasojevic, September 1998, revised by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., September 2001
  8. Forced Labor Camps Under Communism HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Olga Zaslavskaya and Bosko Spasojevic, April 1999, revised by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., September 2001
  9. Human Rights HTML | PDF
    Compiled by Csaba Szilágyi et. al., August 2002
  10. Nuclear Energy and Its Applications HTML
    Prepared for the Atom exhibition organized by OSA on April 26 - June 11, 2006, on the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe.
  11. Judaica Wallenbergiana Collection at OSA HTML
    Compiled by Pavol Salamon, July 2006

Archival Research Papers (ARP)

Reports produced by researchers based on their findings in OSA, and related documents.

  • Workers and Intellectuals in Communist and early post-Communist Romania PDF
    Adriana Mica, PhD Candidate (GSSR), Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, July 2005
  • The media in Bulgaria during communism and their transformation into democratic institutions PDF
    Bissera Zankova, SJD candidate, CEU Legal Studies Department. This paper is based on the author's research carried out during a one-month internship at OSA in March 2003.
  • On the Scope of Political Repression in the USSR under Stalin's Rule: 1921-1953 In Russian HTML / RTF In English HTML / RTF
    N.G. Okhotin, A.B. Roginsky, Memorial Society, Moscow, 2003, 7 pages
  • Russia's "Trophy" Archives - Still Prisoners of World War II? HTML | RTF in ZIP | RTF
    Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University and International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, 2002
  • Soviet Samizdat and the dissident movement PDF
    G.V. Kuzovkin