Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (HIST 220)

Term: 2017-2018 Fall Term

Faculty

Lorraine A. CoonsShow MyInfo popup for Lorraine A. Coons

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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM (8/28/2017 - 12/15/2017) Location: MAIN SJ 248

Description

Examines the history of Russia in the 20th century from the 1905 revolution through the break-up of the Soviet Union. Topics include: the old czarist regime, Lenin and the Bolshevik seizure of power, the Civil War, Stalin and the Five Year Plans, Soviet society, the "new woman," the Gulag experience, de-Stalinization, the Gorbachev experiment, the "new" Russia under Vladimir Putin, and the age of free market reform. Core: History requirement.