Delivered at:: Big Data and Information Retrieval School

Course type:: Compulsory course

When:: 3 year, 3 module

Instructor

Карацуба Ирина Владимировна

Full Syllabus

Abstract

This course will examine main events and processes in political, social, and cultural development of the Russian state and its different peoples from the revolutionary reforms of Peter the Great to the complex of revolutions of 1917. The core problems, hot-burning issues and substantial alternatives will be discussed in detail both in lectures and class discussions. Most important of the former were state-inspired modernization “from above”, the problematic effectiveness of serfdom and the uneasy perspectives of its abolition, necessity of limiting Russia’s unlimited power, ever going colonization as one of the main forces in Russian history, the formation of the caste society and responsibility of the nobility for its future. The latter will be discussed on the example of main points of bifurcation of 1722, 1730, 1785, 1819, 1858-61, 1881, 1905-7 and 1917.

Learning Objectives

Students will get the basics of how to work with primary and secondary sources, including digital ones.
Students will gain insight into how understanding and representation of the past have been constructed and reshaped over time through history and memory.
Students will explore the pivotal events of Imperial Russia’s history from the 18th to the early 20th century.
Students will develop the ability to present clear and coherent arguments about the material discussed in class.
Students will become familiar with the main historiographical problems of Imperial Russian history studied in Western and Russian historiography.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students develop the ability to present clear and coherent arguments about the material discussed in class.
Students will learn to work with historical material.
Students will gain knowledge of key figures, dates, and concepts given in each topic.
Students will learn to use the language of Russian Imperial history professionally.
Students will learn the basic principles and ethics of historical science.

Course Contents

Introduction to the course
Peter the Great
From Peter the Great to Alexander the Blessed
The crossroad of 1825
1825-1855: Serfdom and society
1855-1874: Reforms of Alexander II
Tragedy of 1881
1905-1907: First Russian revolution
1917
Russia at the crossroads in 1700-1917

Assessment Elements

Activity
Essay
Exam

Interim Assessment

2023/2024 3rd module
0.4 * Activity + 0.3 * Essay + 0.3 * Exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Bushkovitch, P. (2012). A Concise History of Russia. New York: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=432731
The Cambridge history of Russia. Vol.2: Imperial Russia, 1689-1917, , 2006

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Major problems in the history of imperial Russia, , 1994

Authors

Шаповалов Савва Филиппович
Абдулхакимов Мухиддин Мураджанович

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