Learning outcomes

After the course the student has a basic knowledge of historical developments and historical phenomena in Russian history.

Contents

Basic course on the history of Russia/Soviet Union/Russia or book examination or essay

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Numeric 1-5.
Numerical grading scale 1-5 or Pass/Fail -grading based on overall performance.

Study materials

Book examination:

Students can choose to take the book examination for 3 or 5 ECTS. All the books in the module have to be examined at once, i.e. it is not possible to complete the module by taking it book by book.

3 ECTS:

Choose 2 books from the following list:

Hosking, Geoffrey: Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917. London: Fontana Press 1998.

Service, Robert: A History of Modern Russia from Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin. London: Penguin 2003.

Service, Robert: Experiment with a People. From 1991 to the Present. Macmillan 2002.

5 ECTS:

Hosking, Geoffrey: Russia: People and Empire, 1552-1917. London: Fontana Press 1998.

AND

Service, Robert: A History of Modern Russia from Nicholas II to Vladimir Putin. London: Penguin 2003.

AND

Service, Robert: Experiment with a People. From 1991 to the Present. Macmillan 2002.

Essay:

The student can choose to complete the module by writing an essay on a topic chosen together with the teacher in charge of the module. At least seven academic sources need to be used in the essay. Possible sources include for example the following books:

Chubarov, Alexander: Russia's bitter path to modernity a history of the Soviet and post-Soviet eras. New York: Continuum 2001.
Duncan, Peter J. S.: Russian messianism third Rome, revolution, communism and after. London: Routledge 2000.
Dixon, Simon: Modernisation of Russia, 1676-1825. Cambridge University Press 1999.
Figes, Orlando: A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891-1924. Penguin books (Cape) 1996.
Fitzpatrick, Sheila: Everyday Stalinism. Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times. Soviet Russia in 1930's. Oxford University Press 1999.
Hanson, Philip: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Economy. Longman 2003.
Kozlov, Vladimir A.: Mass Uprisings in the USSR. Protest and Rebellion in the Post-Stalin Years. M.E. Sharpe 2002.
Shlapentokh, Vladimir: A Normal Totalitarian Society. How the Soviet Union Functioned and How It Collapsed. M.E. Sharpe 2001.
Stalinism the essential readings. Ed. Hoffmann. David L. Malden, MA: Blackwell 2003.
Taubman, William: Khrushchev. The Man and his Era. Free Press 2003.
Waldron, Peter: The End of Imperial Russia. 1855-1917. Macmillan 1997.

 

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