His 361/Rus 351: Russia to 1894
Course Schedule

 
 
DATE
TOPIC
READINGS
Aug 26
Introduction
 R, 1-2; H, 1-5; Riha, 16 
Aug 31
Origin of Rus'
 R 3-4; M 1; Z 3-6; H 9-10; K&M, 1
Sep 2
Kievan Rus'
 R, 5-6; M, 2; Z, 8-10; Riha, 1-2; K&M, 2
Sep 7
Kievan Rus'
 M 3-4; Z 12-17, 20-21,33K&M, 3-5
Sep 9
The Mongol Yoke
 R, 7-8; M 5-6; Z, 34-36, Riha 15
Sep 14
Novgorod/Southwest/Northeast
 R, 9-10; M, 7; Z, 39; Riha, 3-4 H 7
Sep 16
Lithuania/Society
 R, 12-14; K&M, 6-8
Sep 21
Rise of Moscow
 R, 11; M, 8; Z, 38, 45 (Riha 10)
Sep 23
Muscovy
 M, 9-10; K&M, 9-13
Sep 28
Ivan IV
  R, 15; M, 11; Z, 53-54 (or Riha, 7); Riha 8-9; H, 15
Sep 30
Time of Troubles
 R, 16; M, 12; Z, 55-57Reeve, pp. 165-229
Oct 5
17th Century
 R, 17-18; Z, 58-59; Riha, 12-14
Oct 7
Religion, Art & Culture
 R, 19; Z, 60-64; Riha, 6; H 17-18
Oct 12
Peter the Great
First Paper Due
 R, 20; Riha, 18; H 19K&M, 14-15
Oct 14
Era of Palace Revolutions
 R, 21; H 20-22
Oct 19
Mid-term Exam
Oct 21
Catherine the Great
 R, 22-24; Riha 19-22
Oct 26
18th Century Society
 Reeve. pp. 21-83; K&M, 16, 17, 18B
Oct 28
Alexander I
 R, 25; Riha 23Reeve, pp. 85-163; H, 24
Nov 2
Nicholas I
 R, 26; H 25, 27Reeve, pp. 231-314
Nov 4
Alexander I & II
 R, 29-30; H II-1 (pp. 3-15), 2-3; Riha, 31, 36; K&M, 19
Nov 9
19th Society & Culture
 R, 27-28, ; H 28, II-2; K&M, 17, 19C; Reeve, pp. 315-454
Nov 11
The Arts
19th century literature
  R, 32-33; S, 2-3, 5-6, 11; Riha 26
Nov 16
The Decembrists
 P, 1-2; S 1, 8; Riha 24
Nov 18
Westernizers & Slavophiles
 Riha, 25-27, 32-34; H 26; E I-2,3
Nov 23
Fathers & Sons
 Turgenev
Nov 30
Critics & Conservatives
 E, II-6, Riha 34; H II-4
Dec 2
Nihilism
Second Paper due
 P, 3; Riha 28; E II-4
Dec 7
Populism
 P, 3; Riha 28; E II-4
Dec 9
Russian Marxism
 P, 5; H II-6, 7; E III-9
Dec 15
Final Exam, 8-10:30 AM
  

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