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[email protected] Consultation hours: Mondays 9-11am. Course Overview HIST3450 - The Russian Revolution Course Outline Course Coordinator Dr Roger Markwick Semester Semester 1 - 2010 Unit Weighting 10 Teaching Methods Lecture, Tutorial Brief Course Description Deals with twentieth-century Russia, particularly the Russian Revolution and the history of the Soviet Union. Students will consider the social, economic and political conditions which made Russia ripe for Revolution, the events of 1917, the Civil War, Stalin's dictatorship, the Cold War years, and the collapse of the Soviet system. Contact Hours Lecture for 1 Hour per Week for the Full Term Tutorial for 1 Hour per Week for the Full Term Tutorials commence in week 2 Learning Materials/Texts David Christian, Power and Privilege: the Russian Empire, the Challenge of Modernity, 2nd ed. Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1994 has been set as required reading for the tutorials, where will use both the text and the documents it provides. It is on sale in the Campus Bookshop. Course Outline Issued and Correct as at: Week 1, Semester 1 - 2010 CTS Download Date: 19.2.10 2 Course Objectives Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the key issues in the history of Russia and the impact of Marxism and Leninism, to analyse and reflect upon a variety of historical source materials, to develop understanding of different theories and approaches to the study of history, and to synthesise primary and secondary source material in oral and written form.