3:35-5:30P     M     BH335

Topic:  Imperial Russia
	A portion of the above section reserved for majors

Readings, discussion, and critical book reviews.  Most weeks,
textbooks interpretations are compared with recent monographic
literature and specialized articles.  Coverage includes Russia's
geopolitical dilemma in the nineteenth century; empire; state and
society; the Great Reforms; 1812 and memory; the revolutionary
movement; 1905 (the failed revolution); peasantry, nobility, the
middle class; education; the last decade, and World War I.  Each
student will be required to write 4 to 5 critical book reviews, and
occasional synopses of the readings.   Russian history graduate
students will be required to do regular readings in Russian; graduate
students in other fields are welcome.  Textbooks used include G.
Hosking, Russia: People and Empire; D. Saunders, Russian in the Age of
Reform and Reaction; H. Rogger, Russia in the Age of Modernization and
Revolution; D. Moon, The Russian Peasantry.