RUSS218

The Soviet Experiment and Its Aftermath

15 points

Not offered 2025, offered in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024

For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences

Description

The emphasis is on Russia's 20th century Communist experience and its many legacies in the fast-changing post-Soviet society. Together we will examine the causes of the Bolshevik Revolution and the greatest social experiment in the history of humankind that followed it. The course will explore the roots of Stalinism, the causes and consequences of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, the space race and other Cold War competitions between the superpowers, Gorbachev's reforms and the collapse of the USSR. Was the end of the Communist rule in the Soviet Union predetermined?

Prerequisites

Any 15 points at 100 level from EURA, HIST, or
RUSS, or
any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

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