HIST 296 - Early Modern Russia

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Next Offered: 2009-10
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 SS, CD

This course examines the period from the consolidation of the Muscovite state under Ivan III (1462-1505) through the emergence of a powerful empire under Peter I and Catherine II over the course of the 18th c. Topics include the nature of autocratic rule; expansion into the steppe and across Siberia; serfdom; Orthodoxy; gender and female rule; aristocratic culture and the life of the provincial nobility. Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: H. Hogan