| Date | Topic | Readings |
| Jan 6 | Introduction | R, 30 (pp. 396-403); Riha, 43 |
| Jan 11 | Economic and Social Development to 1905 | R, 32; H, 1; Riha 37; M&C, 2 |
| Jan 13 | Revolution of 1905 | F, 1; M&C, 4 |
| Jan 18 | 1906-1914 | R, 31; H, 5; Riha 39-41 |
| Jan 20 | Culture to 1917 | M&C, 5; R, 33; H 9; Brown (Bunin, Gorky, Blok. Bely) |
| Jan 25 | The Parties: Liberals & Populists | M&C, 3; H, 7; Riha 35, |
| Jan 27 | The Parties: Mensheviks & Bolsheviks | R 35; Riha 47; H 13; E III-9 |
| Feb 1 | WWI | M&C, 6; H, 10, Riha, 42, 44 |
| Feb 3 | 1917 | M&C, 7; R, 34; Riha 45-46; F 2; H 11 |
| Feb 8 | Civil War | M&C, 8; F 3; H 12; Brown (Zamiatin, Platonov, Babel) |
| Feb 10 | NEP | M&C, 9; R 36; F 4 |
| Feb 15 | The Era of Factions | M&C, 10; Riha 48; F 5; H 14 |
| Feb 17 | The Five Year Plans | M&C, 11; R 37; Riha, 49-50 |
| Feb 22 | Soviet Culture: 1920's | M&C, 12; Riha 60 |
| Feb 24 | Literature: 1920's
First Paper Due |
Brown (Olesha, Khlebnikov, Akhmatova, Zoshchenko, O. Mandelshtam, Bulgakov) |
| Feb 29 | Totalitarianism | Riha, 52-53, 56; F, 6; Brown (Shalamov) |
| March 2 | Midterm Exam | |
| March 7 | Soviets and Nationality Policy | Riha, 38, 68; H, 19 |
| March 9 | Stalinist Culture | Riha 59, 61; H 16, 18 |
| March 14 | Soviet Foreign Policy | M&C, 13; R 38; H 22 |
| March 16 | WWII | M&C, 14; R 38; |
| March 21 | WWII | Riha 57-58; H 20-21 |
| March 23 | Reconstruction
Communist Expansion |
R, 39; Brown (Vladimov) |
| April 4 | Khrushchev | M&C, 15; R, 40; Riha 63-64, 67, 71 |
| April 6 | Brezhnev | M&C, 16; Riha, 70, 72 |
| April 11 | The Beginning of the End | M&C, 17; Brown (Solzhenitsyn); Amalrik |
| April 13 | Gorbachev | M&C, 18; R, 42 |
| April 18 | The End of the Soviet Union | M&C, 20; R, 43 |
| April 20 | Later Soviet Society and Culture
Second Paper due |
M&C, 19; R 41; Riha 54, 62, 66, 69; H 17 |
| April 25 | Russia since 1991 | M&C, 21 |
| April 27 | Whither Russia? | |
| May 4 | Final Examination |
Andrew M. Drozd
adrozd@bama.ua.edu
The University of Alabama
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