HIST049 - THE SOVIET CENT 1917-91

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST049 - THE SOVIET CENT 1917-91
Term
2011A
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST049401
Meeting times
MW 1100AM-1200PM
Meeting location
DAVID RITTENHOUSE LAB A4
Instructors
NATHANS, BENJAMIN
Description
Out of an obscure, backward empire, the Soviet Union emerged to become the great political laboratory of the twentieth century. This course will trace the roots of the world's first socialist society and its attempts to recast human relations and human nature itself. Topics include the origins of the Revolution of 1917, the role of ideology in state policy and everyday life, the Soviet Union as the center of world communism, the challenge of ethnic diversity, and the reasons for the USSR's sudden implosion at the end of the century.Focusing on politics, society, culture, and their interaction, we will examine the rulers (from Lenin to Gorbachev) as well as the ruled (peasants, workers, and intellectuals; Russians and non-Russians). The course will feature discussions of selected texts, including primary sources in translation.
Course number only
049
Cross listings
RUSS049401
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false