HIST 474. Stalinism: Approaches, Experiences and Legacies

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 013276

This course will examine the lived experience of Stalinism from a variety of perspectives. Its goals are to question the applicability of the concept of totalitarianism to Stalin’s Soviet Union and to explore the ways that different approaches to the study of history (political, social, cultural) have shaped our understanding of Soviet socialism under Stalin.