Students will read and study a short history of Russia and then read literary works and watch films depicting various periods, topics, events, figures, and issues in Russian history. The fourth class hour of this course will be conducted in Russian; most readings and all papers will be assigned in Russian. Students who took either Russian 2415, Russian 2915, History 2415, or History 2915 are not eligible to take Russian 4104 due to overlap in content. Note: Fourth hour conducted in Russian; all readings are to be done in Russian; all tests and papers are administered in Russian.