PSC 324 - Russia & Successor States

(4 credits)

This course is concerned with the rise and fall of the Soviet system as well as the politics of contemporary Russia and the other post-Soviet states. It considers the prerevolutionary background of the Russian Empire, the revolutions of 1917, the emergence of full-blown Stalinism, decay of the system, Gorbachev’s effort at reform and the dissolution of the Soviet system. Focus also placed on nationality issues and the prospects for democratization and economic reform. Western Culture and Civilization, Writing.

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