HIST 406 - The Soviet Union

3 Credit(s)
Beginning with a brief overview of Imperial Russia, the course is a study of Russian history from the revolution of 1917 to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Major topics include the rise of Bolshevism, the Stalinist dictatorship, the impact of World War II, and the policies of Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev and Yeltsin.