Class meets in TTh12:35 to 1:50 in Faner 2525.

Required texts

MacKenzie/Curran. Russia and the USSR in the 20th Century. ("MacC")

W. Rosenberg, ed. Bolshevik Visions, part 1.

C. Brown, ed. The Portable 20th Century Russian Reader. ("Penguin")

John Scott. Beyond the Urals.

Ryszard Kapuscinski, Imperium.

Week 1 (January 19, 21). Readings: MacC, Chapters 1-2.

1. Introductions. Course Goals and Requirements, Grading (statement will be sent to all students by e-mail).

2. Russia to the Great Reforms: Geography, Autocracy, Dissent.

Week 2 (January 26, 28). Readings: MacC, Chapters 3-5; Penguin, pp. 1-57.

1. Society and Culture 1860s to 1905.

2. Revolutionary Ideologies: Populism, Nationalism, Marxism

Week 3 (February 2, 4). Readings: MacC, Chapters 6-7.

1. The Year 1917 in Russia

2. Discussion of Problems 1 and 2 from MacC. QUIZ # 1

Week 4 (February 9, 11). Readings: MacC, Chapters 8-9; Penguin, pp. 153-186.

1. Civil War.

2. NEP

Week 5 (February 16, 18). Readings: MacC, Chapter 10,11; Penguin, pp. 246-378.

1. Stalin's Rise to Power; Collectivization/First Five-Year Plan

2. Discussion: Problem 4 from MacC; Olesha's Envy. QUIZ # 2

Week 6 (February 23, 25). Readings: John Scott, Beyond the Urals.

1. Industrialization in the 1930s, Magnitogorsk. PAPER # 1 DUE.

2. Discussion of Scott

Week 7 (March 2, 4). Readings: MacC, Chapter 12; Rosenberg, Part I.

1. MIDTERM

2. Bolshevik Culture: Discussion of "What a Communist Ought to Be Like."

Week 8 (March 9, 11). Readings: Rosenberg, Parts II and V.

1. Discussion of New (Soviet) Man and Woman QUIZ # 3

2. Discussion of Soviet Impact Religion, Language, "Manners"

MARCH 15-19 : SPRING BREAK !!

Week 9 (March 23, 25). Readings: Penguin, pp. 403-412, 418-437, 572-599.

1. The Great Terror - What and Why

2. The GULag. Discussion of Gulag literature.

Week 10 (March 30, April 1!). Readings: Penguin, pp. 438-480, 539-571; Kapu ci ski, pp. 192-216.

1. The GULag as one of founding aspects of Soviet Culture.

2. Discussion of "Post-GULag" literature. QUIZ # 4

Week 11 (April 6, 8). Readings: MacC, Chapter 14; Kapu ci ski, pp. 3-18.

1. The Great Fatherland War, 1941-1945

2. WWII as central event for Soviet identity; discussion of Kapu ci ski, "Pi sk, '39." PAPER # 2

Week 12 (April 13, 15). Readings: MacC, Chapter 15; Kapu ci ski, pp. 19-36.

1. Khrushchev and "De-Stalinization"

2. Discussion of "Problem 6" in MacC and Kapu ci ski.

Week 13 (April 20, 22). Readings: MacC, Chapter 16, Kapu ci ski, pp. 37-79.

1. The Golden Years of Brezhnev. "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"

2. "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears"; discussion of Soviet 'seventies.

Week 14 (April 27, 29). Readings: MacC, Chapters 17, 18; Kapu ci ski, pp. 83-94, 132-191, 254-264, 307-331.

1. The Break-Down in the 80s.

2. Discussion of Kapu ci ski.

Week 15 (May 4, 6). Readings: MacC, Chapter 20.

1. The End of the USSR; Discussion of "Problem 8" in MacC.

2. Review

Grading:	2 Minipapers 20%	Midterm Exam 20%	4 Quizzes 20%
	Attendance and PARTICIPATION 20%	Final Exam 20%

(it's possible that these percentages may change before the semester begins -- please contact me or look at the syllabus that I hand out.)

Office hours: Faner 3270, telephone 452-7874, e-mail: tadeusz@siu.edu

TTh 11-12, 2-3; Wed 11-1 and any time by appointment.

I work in my office -- feel free to drop by without any appointment.