HIST 220 - History of Soviet Russia

Lecture - Lab - Credit Hours: 3-0-3
A survey of the Soviet Union from its origin in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 to the time of its dissolution in 1991. The course focuses on the events, ideology and personalities that shaped the Soviet system. It explores the history of pre-Revolutionary Russia, Marxist-Leninist ideology, Revolution and its legacy, Civil War, the economy and culture of NEP, Stalin and his policies, the Second World War, the Cold War, de-Stalinization, Khruschev’s reforms, Brezhnev’s counter-reforms, Perestroika, and the end of the Soviet Empire.