History 328

Soviet Union since 1917

Outlines and Discussion Questions

Fall 2002

December 13: Whither Russia? What Can Historians Say?

December 11: Victor Pelevin, The Life of Insects

December 9: Brother

December 6: USSR to CIS to NIS to Russia

December 4: Perestroika and the Ambiguities of Socialism, Part II

December 2: Perestroika and the Ambiguities of Socialism, Part I

November 20: Hothouse or Prisonhouse of Nations?

November 18: Dissent and Resistance: This Is Moscow Speaking

November 15: The Developed Socialist Economy: They Pretend to Pay Us, We Pretend to Work

November 13: Khrushchev: Man of the Year

November 11: Khrushchev: Reformer or Perfect Communist?

November 8: High Stalinism: Soviet Politics at the Start of the Cold War (1945-1953)

November 6: The Myth of the War: Discussion

November 4: The War at Home

October 30: In Another Part of the Thirties

October 25: Discussion of Ginzburg, Journey into the Whirlwind

October 23: The Great Terror II: Theories and Explanations

October 21: The Great Terror I: Historical Narrative

October 16: The Stalinist Thirties: Overview

October 14: The USSR and the "World Revolution"

October 11: Cultural Revolution 1928-1932

October 9: The Autobiography as Historical Source: Discussion Questions

October 7: Transforming Women's Place in Society

October 4: Collectivization and the Elimination of Kulaks as a Class

October 2: The Five-Year Plan in Industry

September 30: The Great Turn: Overview

September 27: Political Oppositions and the Rise of Stalin

September 25: Creating a New Culture

September 23: The New Economic Policy

September 20: From Russia to USSR: The Making of Nations

September 18: The Tenth Communist Party Congress, 1921

September 16: War Communism

September 13: Eduard Dune, Notes of a Red Guard, Part II: Discussion Questions

September 11: The October Revolution and its Interpretations

September 9: Eduard Dune, Notes of a Red Guard, Part I: Discussion Questions

September 6: The February 1917 Revolution

September 4: The Russian Revolutionary Movement

August 30: Society and Social Identities before the Revolution

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