UCSC - Russian History: from Lenin to Putin
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Russian History: from Lenin to Putin at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Russian History: from Lenin to Putin at Coursera Highlights
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- Beginner Level
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Russian History: from Lenin to Putin at Coursera Course details
- In this course, Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, explains the events of modern Russian history and introduces its most significant actors?from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin.
Russian History: from Lenin to Putin at Coursera Curriculum
The 9th Century to the 1920s
Introduction to the Course
Formation of the Russian State
The Industrial Revolution
The February Revolution
The Provisional Government
The October Revolution
Consequences of the Revolution
The One-Party State
Economy, society, & culture of the 1920s
Collectivization
Industrialization
Terror
Quiz 1
The Great Patriotic War: Before and After
Prelude to the Great Patriotic War
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
German Invasion of the Soviet Union
Partisans, Collaborators, & Racial Distinction
The Soviet Union and the Allies
Dissipation of Hope
Material Devastation
Life without Stalin
Quiz 2
Reform, Stagnation, Collapse, Rebirth?
Khrushchev's Reforms
"We will bury you!"
Adventures in Foreign Policy
Andropov, Chernenko, and Gorbachev
Perestroika
Changing the Soviet Stance
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
Shock Therapy
The Rise of the Oligarchs
Why Putin?
The New Political Order
Putin's Foreign Policy
Understanding Russians
Quiz 3
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