HIST 202 - Stalin and Stalinism

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 credits
Attribute: 4SS, CD

This course examines the relationship between Joseph Stalin and the political system he implemented in the 1930s and 1940s. We will focus primarily on domestic policy, namely, collectivization and the urban-industrial transformation of the Soviet Union, everyday life under Stalin, identity and the Stalinist self, the causes and consequences of terror, and impact of World War II on Soviet society, and the cult and historical memorialization of Stalin.

Enrollment Limit: 35
Instructor: C. Stolarski