HIGE 342 - Modern Russia

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A survey of Russian history from the reign of Peter the Great to the present. Major themes include the expansion of the Tsarist empire, the rivalry between Westernizers and Slavophiles, the revolutions of 1905 and 1917, the Stalinist dictatorship, the impact of World War II, the Cold War, and the decline and fall of Soviet communism.