MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

HSY2540

Modern Russia: the rise and fall of Soviet power

Ian Cummins

Synopsis This subject will examine the origins, course and impact of the Russian revolutions of 1917. It will then focus on the rise and evolution of the Soviet regime, principally in the eras of Lenin and Stalin, and consider the causes of the end of the Soviet order in 1991.

Assessment Class paper (1500 words) and long essay (2500 words): 60% + Examination (2 hours): 30% + Class participation/attendance: 10%

Prescribed texts

• Carr E H The Russian Revolution from Lenin to Stalin, 1917-1929 Macmillan, 1980
• Christian D Power and privilege: The Russian empire, the Soviet Union and the challenge of modernity Longman, 1994
• Fitzpatrick S The Russian Revolution OUP, 1983
• Hosking G A history of the Soviet Union Fontana, 1985
• Schapiro L The Communist Party of the Soviet Union Methuen, 1970
• Siegelbaum L Soviet state and society between revolutions, 1918-1929 CUP, 1992
• White S After Gorbachev 4th edn, CUP, 1993

Recommended texts

• Kochan L and Abraham R The making of modern Russia Pelican, 1990
• Merridale C and Ward C Perestroika: The historical perspective Edward Arnold, 1991
• Nove A Stalinism and after Allen and Unwin, 1975
• Tucker R C The Lenin anthology Norton, 1980
• Von Laue T H Why Lenin? Why Stalin? Why Gorbachev? Harper Collins, 1993
• Wilson E To the Finland station Fontana, 1988