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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2023/2024

Russian History and Russia in World History

Type: Compulsory course (HSE University and Kyung Hee University Double Degree Programme in Economics and Politics in Asia)
Area of studies: Foreign Regional Studies
Delivered by: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Where: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
When: 1 year, 1-3 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Online hours: 60
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Olga Golechkova, Svetlana Aleksandrovna Ryabova, Nikolay G. Scherbakov
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 88

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

The course “Russian History and Russia in World History” is aimed at familiarizing students with the Russian and World history of most of the periods up to the beginning of the 21-st century. The course emphasizes not just the facts and figures for different periods but the understanding of various historical processes and concepts. In addition, students will study which developments on an international scale shaped the world and global history. Beginning from some processes in the Russian Middle Ages, the course follows with social, industrial and scientific revolutions of the XVII-XIX centuries. Among others concepts such as cultural revolution, modernization, industrialization, colonization will be studied during the course. At the final stage students will master main developments of the XX-century-history. The course implicates some knowledge of history, geography and science within the framework of the secondary school as well as the basics of web search to enable the students to prepare short interventions for the seminars and to master the required texts.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The course is aimed to prepare students for better understanding of regional history and the place of the countries they are studying within the system of international relations and modern economic relations. The course implies better competence in texts analysis as the students will have to study rather contrasting evaluations by the authors belonging to different scientific schools and will use numerous documents and materials which comprise different research traditions.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • 1. Students will be able to gain a working knowledge of the history of Late Middle Ages, Modern and contemporary period. This knowledge will serve both as a foundation for further study and as a tool for more effectively understanding today's world.
  • 2. Students will learn to think critically about historical events in modern world. They will be able to understand and identify historical themes, causes, and effects.
  • 3. Students will be able to use their knowledge and critical thinking abilities to intelligently choose and evaluate various texts.
  • 4. Students will acquire a perspective on history and an understanding of the factors that shape human activity.
  • 5. Students will master knowledge about the origins and nature of contemporary issues and develop a foundation for future comparative understanding.
  • 6. Students will be able to think and speak critically about primary and secondary historical sources by examining diverse interpretations of past events and ideas in their historical contexts.
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • 1.1
  • 1.2
  • 1.3
  • 1.4
  • 1.5
  • 1.6
  • 1.7
  • 2.1
  • 2.2
    Seminar: Great Geographical Discoveries (China and the West) Seminar: From Absolute monarchy to Parliamentary democracy (Great Britain and France)
  • 2.3
  • 2.4
  • 2.5
  • 2.6
  • 2.7
  • 2.8
  • 2.9
  • 3.1
  • 3.2
  • 3.3
  • 3.4
  • 3.5
  • 3.6
  • 3.7
  • 3.8
  • 3.9
  • Final Exam
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Final Exam
  • non-blocking Exam
  • non-blocking in-class tests
  • non-blocking Final test
  • non-blocking Participation
  • non-blocking Presentation
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 1st module
    0.3 * Exam + 0.1 * Final test + 0.3 * Participation + 0.1 * Presentation + 0.2 * in-class tests
  • 2023/2024 3rd module
    0.3 * Final Exam + 0.1 * Final test + 0.3 * Participation + 0.1 * Presentation + 0.2 * in-class tests
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Rogan, E. L. (2015). The Fall of the Ottomans : The Great War in the Middle East. New York, NY: Basic Books. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=953819
  • Stanziani, A. (2013). Rezension: Maureen Perrie (Hg.): The Cambridge History of Russia. I, From Early Rus’ to 1689 (rezensiert von Alessandro Stanziani). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.5E41D341
  • Terry Martin. (2001). The Affirmative Action Empire : Nations and Nationalism in the Soviet Union, 1923–1939. Cornell University Press.
  • Zubok, V. M. (2007). A Failed Empire : The Soviet Union in the Cold War From Stalin to Gorbachev. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=301081

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Ganguly, L. (2007). Alexei Yurchak: Everything Was Forever, Until It Was No More: The Last Soviet Generation. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.951C3C60

Authors

  • RIABOVA SVETLANA ALEKSANDROVNA
  • Shcherbakov Nikolay Georgievich
  • Базарова Евгения Сергеевна
  • DAVLATOVA MADINA ASATULLOEVNA