From Tsars to Commissars: Russian Cultural History

RUSSIAN 276

Medieval origins of the Imperial Russian state, concentrating on the period between the reign of Catherine the Great (1762-1796) and the death of Lenin in 1924. Emphasis on state authority, ruling elites, and the formation of the opposition revolutionary movement leading to the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917.
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  • CZ
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  • HISTORY 276
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