HIST A425 — History of the Soviet Union 3 Credits
Explores the creation, maintenance, and collapse of the Soviet Union, beginning with the nineteenth-century antecedents of the Russian Revolutions of 1917. Examines major events, personalities, and ideas that played a leading role in constructing Soviet society from 1917 to 1991. Themes include the triumph of Bolshevism, the creation of "Soviet society," Stalinism and its legacies, and the dismantling of the Soviet regime.