Schedule

Week 1: pp. 95-133 in Thompson

Jan 13 Introduction

Jan 15 No Class

Jan 17 Peter the Great and Catherine the Great

Week 2: pp. 135-153 in Thompson

Jan 20 Martin Luther King JR. Holiday - No School

Jan 22 19th century Reforms; Current News - Group 1

Jan 24 Marxism; Discussion 1: Marxism

Week 3: pp. 155-177 in Thompson

Jan 27 Marxism; Intellectual Changes

Jan 29 Continued Instability; Current News - Group 2

Jan 31 Japanese-Russian War, Revolution of 1905

Week 4: pp. 179-197 in Thompson

Feb 3 1905 cont. and Problems; Discussion 2: 1905 Revolution

Feb 5 WWI and Initial Impact; Current News - Group 1

Feb 7 Rise of Revolution

Week 5: pp. 200-219 in Thompson

Feb 10 Russian Revolution; Discussion 3: - Lenin

Feb 12 Initial Period of Power and Civil War; Current News - Group 2

Feb 14 Mid Semester Break - No Class

Week 6: pp. 219-223, 225-233 in Thompson

Feb 17 Civil War and the New Social Order

Feb 19 From Lenin to Stalin; Current News - Group 1

Feb 21 Discussion 4 - How Successful was the Revolution?

Week 7: pp. 233-243 in Thompson

Feb 24 Rise of Stalin; Year Plan and Collectivization;

Feb 26 Purges and the Social Revolution

Feb 28 Collective Security and WWI

Week 8: pp. 243-247, 250-252 in Thompson

Mar 2 WWII; EXAM DUE

Mar 4 World War II; Current News - Group 2

Mar 6 Late Stalinism; Discussion 5 - Stalinist Russia

Week 9: pp. 252-273 in Thompson

Mar 9 Cold War and DeStalinization

Mar 11 Cold War; Current News - Group 1

Mar 13 Continuing changes;Discussion 6 - Cold War

Week 10: pp. 274-285 in Thompson

Mar 16 Foreign Policy

Mar 18 Stagnation and Cultural Issues; Current News - Group 2

Mar 20 Continuing problems; Unquiet Ghost Paper Due

Week 11: Spring Break!

Week 12: pp. 287-310 in Thompson

Mar 30 Rise of Gorbachev, Reform and Opposition

Apr 1 Moving Towards Collapse; Discussion 7 - Stalin's Legacy

Apr 3 Collapse of USSR; Current News - Group 1

Week 13: pp. 312-337 in Thompson

Apr 6 Collapse of USSR; Problems in the 90's

Apr 8 Problems and transitions; Discussion 8: Yeltsin's Mess; Current News- Group 2

Apr 10 Other issues

Week 14: pp. 339-348 in Thompson

April 13 Putin and the Successful Years

April 15 Foreign Policy Challenges; Current News - Group 1

April 17 Putin; Putin Country Paper

Week 15: 349-369 in Thompson

April 20 Medvedev or Putin?

April 22 Continuing Challenges; Current News - Group 2

April 24 Conclusions

Final Exam Due: _________________________