Above section carries culture studies credit

A survey of Russian culture and history from Rus' to the present.
Covers the Christianization of Rus', the "Mongol Conquest," the
Muscovite State, the reigns of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great,
Catherine the Great and others tsars, to be followed by Lenin,
Stalin and their successors, and the collapse of the Soviet Union in
1991. Emphasizes readings of documents.