Call Number | 10531 |
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Day & Time Location |
M 2:10pm-4:00pm 311 Fayerweather |
Points | 4 |
Grading Mode | Standard |
Approvals Required | None |
Instructor | Yana Skorobogatov |
Type | SEMINAR |
Method of Instruction | In-Person |
Course Description | The quarter century during which Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union witnessed some of the twentieth century's most dramatic events: history's fastest plunge into modernity, an apocalyptic world war, and the emergence of a socialist state as a competitive world power. This tutorial will offer students a deep dive not only into the historical depths of the Stalin era but into the gloriously complex historiographical debates that surround it. Some of the questions that will animate the readings, writings, and discussions that students will engage in are as follows: Did Stalin depart from or represent a continuation of the policies introduced by his predecessor Vladimir Lenin? Did he rule in a totalitarian fashion or in ways comparable to other twentieth century regimes? Were his policies destructive or possibly productive? And perhaps most boggling of all: why did no one resist Stalinist rule? |
Web Site | Vergil |
Department | History |
Enrollment | 14 students (15 max) as of 5:08PM Saturday, September 7, 2024 |
Subject | History |
Number | GU4389 |
Section | 001 |
Division | Interfaculty |
Note | Add to waitlist & see instructions on SSOL; This course main |
Section key | 20243HIST4389W001 |