This course will cover such issues as the Revolution and Civil War, Stalin's repression, victories in World War II, the years of stagnation, Soviet society, its institutions and culture.
Outcomes: Students will be able to explain how the Russian Socialist revolution came into being, what kind of society it sought to create, and how this new society, the Soviet Union, developed and finally dissolved in 1991.
Outcomes: Students will be able to explain how the Russian Socialist revolution came into being, what kind of society it sought to create, and how this new society, the Soviet Union, developed and finally dissolved in 1991.