Series Description1106 archival boxes, 1 map, 5 posters
Even though starting with 1992, the Old Code Subject Files were going through a rearrangement process, certain materials were being added to the files during 1992-1994.
The primary source of this series were Soviet (after 1991, Russian) central newspapers and other periodicals. The series also includes clippings from the Western press, news agency releases, TV and radio monitoring materials, Radio Liberty broadcast transcripts.
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, others are specific to the Soviet reality and only understood in its historical context.
In the Old Code Subject Files, few categories are divided into subcategories. As a result, categories of different importance are built into one alphabetical chain in which, for example, Coffee and CP (Communist Party) are set next to each other. In practice, the best method for accessing materials is to scan the whole list of relevant topics.
Of particular interest are records reflecting crucial events in Soviet history, such as the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Afghanistan war, the human rights movement, public debates of the Perestroika period, and various aspects of the Soviet foreign policy.
Arranged alphabetically according to the Russian language subject list, thereunder chronologically.
Series Description1106 archival boxes, 1 map, 5 posters
Even though starting with 1992, the Old Code Subject Files were going through a rearrangement process, certain materials were being added to the files during 1992-1994.
The primary source of this series were Soviet (after 1991, Russian) central newspapers and other periodicals. The series also includes clippings from the Western press, news agency releases, TV and radio monitoring materials, Radio Liberty broadcast transcripts.
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, others are specific to the Soviet reality and only understood in its historical context.
In the Old Code Subject Files, few categories are divided into subcategories. As a result, categories of different importance are built into one alphabetical chain in which, for example, Coffee and CP (Communist Party) are set next to each other. In practice, the best method for accessing materials is to scan the whole list of relevant topics.
Of particular interest are records reflecting crucial events in Soviet history, such as the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia, the Afghanistan war, the human rights movement, public debates of the Perestroika period, and various aspects of the Soviet foreign policy.
Arranged alphabetically according to the Russian language subject list, thereunder chronologically.