HIS 302 - The Russian Rev & the Soviet Union

Institution:

Tennessee Wesleyan University

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Description:

This historical survey of the Soviet Union aims to correct these misinterpretations by focusing particulary how Soviet citizens of all nationalities lived, gave menaing to their lives, understood themselves, and experienced Soviet policies. Other central themes and questions fo this course include: the tension between ideology and pragmatic concerns in shaping Soviet policies; the unfulfilled promise of the Russian Revolution and the birth of the Stalinist dictatorship; the quest to forge a new Soviet man or Homo Sovieticus; and how the Soviet Union survived for over seventy years and why it collapsed.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.twcnet.edu

Phone Number:

(423) 745-7504

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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