Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (HIST 220)

Term: 2020-2021 Spring Term

Faculty

Lorraine A. CoonsShow MyInfo popup for Lorraine A. Coons

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Schedule

Tue-Thu, 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM (1/25/2021 - 5/7/2021) Location: W OLC NN

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.