HSTEU 245
  • Quarters: Autumn
  • General Education Requirements: I&S

Introduction of political, social, and cultural history of St. Petersburg from 1703-1991. Uses St. Petersburg as a window to explore major themes in Imperial Russian and Soviet history, including westernization and questioning of Russia’s national identity, urbanization, industrialization, revolution, multinational empire, World War II, Stalinism, and socialistic reformism.