Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Synopsis A brief study of nineteenth-century Russia; the impact of Marxism; the Bolshevik Revolution and the consolidation of Bolshevism; social and economic forces of change; the thoughts and personalities of Lenin, Stalin, and Stalin's critics. The post-Stalin era, and the structure and functioning of mature soviet society, institutions, politics and dissent. The Soviet Union as a `great power'. The Gorbachev era. The break up of the Soviet Union. Various approaches to the study of the Soviet Union and Russia. Russian economy, politics and society.
Assessment Tutorial paper: Oral presentation (500 words); Written presentation (1500 words): 30% + Research essay (2000 words): 30% + Examination (2 hours): 40%