Class Id: 8961
Days: TTh
Start Time: 10:00 AM
End Time: 10:50 AM
Building: ARCHB
Room: N101
Course Id: 3989
Departments and Numbers: HIS 362
Area: HA
Title: The Soviet Empire
Description: An examination of the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Soviet Empire. Topics include: the invention and unfolding of single-party revolutionary politics, the expansion of the machinery of state, the onset and development of Stalin's personal despotism, the violent attempt to create a noncapitalist society, the experiences and consequences of the monumental war with Nazi Germany, and the various postwar reforms. Special attention paid to the dynamics of the new socialist society, the connection between the power of the state and everyday life, the bloc, and the 1991 collapse.
Prerequisites:
Professors: Stephen Kotkin
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