Russian & Eurasian Studies 240 - Contemporary Russian Politics: From Lenin to Putin
Contemporary Russian Politics
Fall
2021
01
4.00
Stephen Jones
TTH 03:15PM-04:30PM
Mount Holyoke College
115082
Reese 324
sfjones@mtholyoke.edu
115082,115458
Russia was transformed by communist revolution into a global superpower that challenged the dominant ideologies of liberalism and nationalism. It became a powerful alternative to capitalism. In 1991, this imperial state collapsed and underwent an economic, political, and cultural revolution. What explains the Soviet Union's success for 70 years and its demise in 1991? What sort of country is Russia as it enters the twenty-first century? Is it a democracy? How has Russia's transformation affected ordinary people and Russia's relationship to the West?
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