21H.244 Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917, Fall 2012
Author(s)
Wood, Elizabeth A.
Alternative Title
Imperial and Revolutionary Russia: Culture and Politics, 1700-1917
Date Issued
December 2012
Abstract
This course analyzes Russia's social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. It compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism. It focuses on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.
Subjects
imperial russia
russian revolution
february revolution
decemberists
october revolution
tolstoy
pushkin
peter the great
catherine the great
serfdoms
USSR
CCCP
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. History Section
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