Fall 2009
HIS 343L • HISTORY OF RUSSIA TO 1917
| Unique | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 39950 |
TTh |
11:00 AM-12:30 PM |
UTC 3.110 |
NEUBERGER |
Course Description
In this course we will examine fundamental issues regarding political, social, cultural life in the modern Russian Empire. o autocracy as a political system o national identity at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; o poverty & modern industry in a predominantly rural society o the balance between individual and collective rights and duties o political opposition and the revolutionary movement
Grading Policy
Assignments & Grading Map Exercise: 10% Participation: 10% Two In-Class Exams: 20% each = 40% One Final Exam: 40%
Texts
Nicholas Riasanovsky & Mark Steinberg, A History of Russia V. Kivelson and J. Neuberger, eds., Picturing Russia:Explorations in Visual Culture Anna Labzina, Days of a Russian Noblewoman B. Engel & C. Rosenthal, eds., Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar Orlando Figes, A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution Additional required readings will be on-line on our Blackboard site on the "Course Documents" page
