HIST 362 - Soviet Union and Successors

A survey of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet history from the Russian Revolution to the present. Topics include the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, Bolshevik rule and its tsarist heritage, Soviet “monocratic” society under Lenin and Stalin, dissent in the USSR, the “command economy” in the collapse of Communist political power, and national consciousness as an operative idea in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Courses 300-399 are advanced in material and/or approach and ordinarily taken by juniors and seniors. Alternate years. (4 Credits)