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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Associate Professor S G Wheatcroft.
Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History - see Departmental Requirements or Soviet Studies.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
At the end of the semester students should have an appreciation of the nature of Soviet power in Russia; understand the institution of that power and how it has evolved and developed during the course of the twentieth century, the resulting social, economic and cultural consequences; and understand the reason for its ultimate collapse.
Content:
The nature and development of Soviet Society; its social, economic and political history.
Assessment:
An 500-word class paper; a 2,500-word research essay; at the end of the subject either a 2,000-word review essay or a 2-hour examination.
Prescribed texts:
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Credit points: 16.7
Coordinator: Associate Professor S G Wheatcroft.
Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.
Timetable: Second semester.
Objectives:
At the end of the semester students should have an appreciation of the nature of Soviet power in Russia; understand the institution of that power and how it has evolved and developed during the course of the twentieth century, the resulting social, economic and cultural consequences; and understand the reason for its ultimate collapse.
Content:
The nature and development of Soviet Society; its social, economic and political history.
Assessment:
An 500-word class paper; a 2500-word research essay; at the end of the course either a 2000-word review essay or a 2-hour examination.
Prescribed texts:
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