RSNST-345 Friendship of the Peoples! The Multi-National Soviet Union

The USSR claimed to be a revolutionary political form: a state based on the voluntary union of workers from over 100 different nationalities. The Bolsheviks intended to lead Russian peasants, Kyrgyz nomads and Chechen mountaineers together into the bright Communist future. What they actually achieved is another question. This research seminar explores the concepts of nation, empire and modernization in the Soviet context.

Maximum Enrollment

Writing-Intensive (18)

(Writing Intensive.)

Credits

1

Cross Listed Courses

HIST-345

Prerequisite

One 200-level history course

Offered

Spring