History D314, Spring 2002                       Scott Seregny

Office CA 503T

274-7227

e-mail: sseregny@iupui.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-1:30

 

  

          Russian History from the Great Reforms to the Post-

                        Communist Era

  

 

Required Readings:

 

 

     D. Christian,  Imperial and Soviet Russia = Text.

 

     R. Wade, The Russian Revolution, 1917.

 

     V. Tolz, Russia: Inventing the Nation.

    

     D. Remnick, Resurrection.

 

  

Requirements:

 

Midterm Exam (essays and IDs): March 7 - 20%

 

Final Exam (May 2) - 30%

 

Book review of Tolz, Russia, 7-8 pp, typed double spaced - 20%

     DUE on February 21.  Details will be handed out.

 

Research paper on topic of student's choice, 12-15 pp. - 30%

     Due on April 18. Details will be handed out.

 

  

Graduate Students will write a more extensive research paper and consult with the instructor.

 

 

January 10         Introduction and Continuities in Russia's Past

 

  

January 17         The Great Reforms, Political Movements, and Nationalism

                          Text, Ch. 1-3

 

  

January 24        Economic Modernization and Social Discontents

                          Text, Ch. 4-5

 

 

January 31         The Old Regime in Crisis: 1905 and the Last Decade

                           Text, Ch. 6

 

 

February 7        The Great War and the February Revolution

                         Wade, Ch. 1-6; Text, Ch. 7.

 

  

February  14     1917 and Civil War

                         Wade. Ch. 7-11

 

  

February 21       Civil War and Social Earthquake

                          Text, Ch. 8

 

 

February 28        NEP, Power Struggles and Socialist Experiments

                           Text, Ch. 9

 

  

March 7            MIDTERM

 

 

March 14          SPRING BREAK

 

 

March 21          Crisis of NEP and the Stalin Revolution -

                         First Phase: Collectivization and Industrialization

                         Text, Ch. 10

 

 

March 28          Stalin Revolution - Second Phase: The Great Purges; Foriegn Policy

                         Text, Ch. 11

 

 

April 4              The Great Patriotic War, Cold War and Stalin's Last Years

                         Text, Ch. 12

 

  

April 11            Khrushchev and the Thaw

                        Text, Ch. 13

                        Remnick (start)

 

  

April 18           Brezhnev Era and Gorbachev's Reforms

                        Text, Ch. 14-15, Conclusion               

                        Remnick (continue)

 

 

 April 26          Current Problems and Prospects

                        Remnick (finish)

 

 

FINAL EXAM         May 2, 5:45-8:25