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Subject: History (HIST)
CRN: 22691
Lecture
St Paul: John Roach Center 481
This course examines the history of the Soviet Union from its outset to its collapse. During the semester students engage with topics related to the “Soviet experiment” that transformed the world’s largest country in every aspect. Topics include, but certainly not limited to: origins of the Soviet ideology; the Bolshevik Revolution and the subsequent Civil War; Leninism; the Stalinist Revolution and the Great Purge; the Great Patriotic War; de-Stalinization, the Soviet Union and the Cold War in its global perspective; everyday history of the Soviet Union; collapse of the system; and the emergence of post-Soviet Russia. Prerequisite: One 100-level history course.
4 Credits