0507-449 - History of Russia Since 1917

Institution:

Rochester Institute of Technology

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Description:

This course is an exploration into the Russian past of the late 19th, 20th and early 21st centuries highlighted by inquiries into the Russian revolutionary leaders and their programs, the causes and courses of the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, Lenin and the formation of the Soviet Union, the Stalinist regime, the Great Fatherland War, postwar recovery, de-Stalinization under Khrushchev, Brezhnev's regime, Gorbachev's reforms and the implosion ofthe Soviet Empire, Yeltsin's "shock therapy," and "Managed Democracunder Putin and Medvedev. Part of the Russian language/culture concentration and minor; the history concentration; the European history and history of the modern world minors; and may also be taken as an elective. Part of the international studies European track. Class 4, Credit 4 (offered occasionally)

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.rit.edu/

Phone Number:

(585) 475-2411

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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