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GRINT Centre for Education and Culture: Study Russian Language, Culture, History and Politics in Moscow, Russia
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Crossroads of Russian History in the Last 150 Years (1861-2011)Crossroads of Russian History in the Last 150 Years (1861-2011)Karatsuba Irina Moscow State Lomonosov University Our course is dedicated to the study of different alternatives in the last 150 years of Russian history from the abolition of serfdom by emperor Alexander II in 1861 to the recent Putin-Medvedev “tandemocracy”. The course consists of 12 lectures/seminars.The class meets weekly. Main topics: 1. Reforms of Alexander II 2. Reforms and counter reforms of Alexander III 3. Saving the monarchy – rule of Nicholas II 4. Crossroads of the revolutions: 1905 5. Revolution – February 1917 (Ideals and reality) 6. Revolution – October 1917 7. Soviet modernization of the 1920-30's – projects and results 8. N. Khrushchev and his reforms 9. M. Gorbachev – Era of Perestroika. 10. Post-soviet reforms and public discussions of 1991-93, 1996, 1999. 11-12. Contemporary projects and plans of modernization in Russian politics and social life - V. Putin and D. Medvedev. |
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