History (HIST) |
275 McKenzie Hall, 541-346-4802
College of Arts & Sciences
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h - This course offering includes online content as part of the class requirements.
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Course Data
| HIST 347 USSR & Contemp Russia >2 >GP >IC |
4.00 cr. |
| Examines the rise, development, and collapse of the Soviet Union, the world's first communist regime. Topics include the Russian Revolution, Stalinism, war, culture, and society. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Hessler J |
Office:
351 McKenzie Hall
Phone:
(541) 346-4857
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| Office Hours: |
1230 - 1430 T |
MCK 351 |
| Course Materials |
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CRN |
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Instructor |
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33004 |
62 |
125 |
1500-1550 |
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129 MCK |
Hessler J |
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Final Exam: |
1445-1645 |
r 6/15 |
129 MCK |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| April 2: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| April 8: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| April 8: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| April 9: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| April 9: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| April 10: |
Add this course |
| April 10: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| April 16: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| April 16: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| April 23: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| April 23: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| April 30: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| April 30: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| May 21: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| May 21: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| This course is an introductory lecture survey of twentieth-century Russian history. The focus of the course is the Soviet period. Major topics include the causes and course of the 1917 Russian Revolution, which brought communism to power for the first time in world history; the impact of the revolution on the economy, society, and culture of Russia and the other Soviet republics in the 1920s; the societal upheavals connected with Stalin's centralization of power and attempt to build a planned economy in the early 1930s; Stalin's terror; the Soviet experience of total war and factors contributing to the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany; the emergence of the Soviet Union as a superpower in the postwar period; political, social, and cultural shifts in the 1950s-1980s and the dissident movements; the politics of ethnicity and the differential experience of Soviet power in the non-Russian periphery; repeated failed attempts to reform the Soviet economy without jeopardizing the political system; and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. We will also briefly survey developments in contemporary Russia at the end of the course to identify ways that the Soviet experience has continued to shape the present. Monday and Wednesday class session will be supplemented by an online lecture each week. |
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