“Book Descriptions: From the Oval Office to the streets of Moscow, world leaders and ordinary citizens alike share concerns about Russia. Can democracy survive there? What does the future hold for the once expansive, still powerful, Russian nation? Is Soviet Communism truly dead? Top diplomats struggle daily with questions like these. With this course, you can begin investigating them for yourself.
LECTURES 16 Lectures
1. Nicholas II and the Russian Empire 2. The Failure of Constitutional Government 3. Russia and the First World War 4. Lenin and the Origins of Bolshevism 5. Lenin Comes to Power 6. Lenin and the Making of a Bolshevik State 7. The Twenties 8. Stalin and the "Second October Revolution" 9. Stalin and the "Great Terror" 10. Stalin, Hitler and the Road to War 11. The USSR at War 12. Stalin's Last Years 13. De-Stalinization 14. Gorbachev and Perestroika 15. The Disintegration of the USSR 16. Rebirth of Russia or the Rebirth of the USSR?” DRIVE