“…The series is the continuation of the series HU OSA 300-81-4 and consists of 40-50-page bulletins under different titles that reflect changes connected to the formation of new independent states in the territory of the former Soviet Union. The set of bulletins "The Baltic States Today", "Belarus Today", "The Caucasus and Transcaucasia", "Central Asia and Kazakhstan", "CIS Today" (later changed into "Russia and CIS Today"), "Latvia Today", "Moldova and Dniester Region", "Ukraine Today" were compiled on a daily basis by the Monitoring Unit and, after is dissolution, by information agencies from Moscow, Minsk, Kiev and Riga. …”

“…Taking a post of the analyst of religious affairs in the Soviet Union, she wrote about religions and churches in the Soviet Union, the atheist education and the persecution of the believers. …”

“…The emphasis is on the Baltic Soviet Socialist Republics, especially Estonia, and only a small part concerns the Soviet Union in general, Eastern Europe, and other parts of the world. …”

“…The Media and Opinion Research Department evaluated media use and public opinion in the Soviet Union and its satellites, in order to measure the impact of RFE/RL broadcasting and to generally survey public opinion. …”

“…The series comprises information on the following topics: ecology, economics, mass media, culture, politics, science, security policy, social issues in the countries of the former Soviet Union.…”

“…The series comprises information related to ecology, economics, mass media and culture, politics, science, security policy, and social issues in the republics of the former Soviet Union.…”

“…The series comprises information about the former Soviet Union which transcends republican boundaries. …”

“…Materials from the Ukrainian press, transcripts of radio broadcasts along with news agencies' materials reflect the political, social and cultural life of Ukraine as a republic of the Soviet Union and, after its collapse, as an independent state. …”

“…The core of the Samizdat Archives (SA) is the collection of Samizdat documents (many of them copies) created in the former Soviet Union (usually for underground circulation) and then sent (usually smuggled) abroad to make them available to the public via Western mass media. …”

“…The files contain newspaper clippings from western, mostly American, press and news agency releases that cover the political and ideological development of the world communist movement, the war in Indo-China, the Cuban revolution, the Communist parties of the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, China and the United States and the movement of so-called “non-aligned" nations. …”

“…The series contains newspaper clippings that cover the political and ideological development of the world communist movement, the war in Indo-China, the Cuban revolution, the Communist parties of the Soviet Union, the Eastern Bloc, China and the United States and the movement of so-called “non-aligned" nations. …”

“…Covering the period when Radio Liberty started paying serious attention to the opposition movement in the Soviet Union, these files reflects RL concerns its leadership’s concerns had about how to present this movement in RL its broadcasting. …”

“…Some of the documents (Human Rights in the Soviet Union) would appear to belong to the first session of the 'Sakharov Hearings’, though this is not explicitly stated. …”

“…It contains also Teague's hand-written notes from lectures on the Soviet Union, her drafts and own articles on a particular subject or reference request, copies of articles and books relating to the topics researched, news agency releases and newspaper clippings, photographs and cartoons. …”

“…In 1992, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the staff of Radio Liberty introduced a new classification system for the Soviet Red Archives. …”

“…The series contains materials from news agency releases, clippings, biographies, RFE/RL reports, abstracts of media reports both from the former Soviet Union and West European countries, newspaper and magazine articles, or privately collected information (in the form of letters). …”

“…The subfonds consists of textual and video materials relating to the economic, political, social and cultural issues in the USSR and, after its collapse, in the former Soviet Union countries and the Baltic States. Some East European press materials are included as well. …”

“…The USSR and the former Soviet Union countries is the main focus of the documents that comprise this series. …”

“…The Old Code Subject Files (with its 600 subject headings which double in number with sub-headings) covers a wide range of topics reflecting a broad spectrum of life in the Soviet Union. Many of the subject headings are placed under general categories (like Foreign Policy or Population), others are specific to the Soviet reality and only understood it its historical context (like Î÷ęîâňđčđŕňĺëüńňâî which signifies humbug, or fraud committeed against the state; Ëîçóíăč / Slogans which are lists of politically correct texts approved by the Party Central committee to be used in the course of official celebrations of state holidays). …”

“…In the 1970s campaigns conducted by sending letters of protest signed by dozens of people became one of a major form of opposition activity in the Soviet Union. Samizdat Archives (SA) built a name index of people who had participated in such campaigns. …”