Brock University History 3P90 – Fall 2013

TheRiseandFall

oftheRussianEmpire

DavidSchimmelpenninckOffice:GL229

Tel:688-5550,ext.3507Email:dschimme@brocku.ca

OverviewThiscoursesurveystheexpansionsandcontractionsofRussiafromitsKievanoriginsintheninthcenturytothepresent.LectureswillconcentrateonthehistoryofRussiandiplomacy,warfareandimperialadministration,whiletheseminarsexaminerelatedtopics,includinggeopolitics,ideology,culture,nationalities,andourownperceptions.Throughoutthecoursewewillalsoconsidercontinuitieswiththepastandtheirimplicationsfortoday.SomepriorknowledgeofRussianhistorywouldbehelpfulbutisnotrequired.

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Requirements&Grading

• Prospectus–5%ofgradeAone-pagestatementofintentforthepapertobewrittenduringtheterm.Mustincludefullbibliographicalcitationsofatleast5sourcesyouplantouse.

• Paper–25%ofgradeA10-pagepaperonatopicrelevanttothecourse.

• SeminarPreparation–20%ofgradePrepareandleadoneseminarduringthesemester.Thisincludesstudyingtheassignedtextsand/orfilmwellinadvanceandleadingthediscussion.

• SeminarParticipation–20%ofgrade Attendanceatseminarsismandatory.Youarealsoexpectedtoreadtheassigned textsandseethefilmsbeforeallseminarsaswellastoparticipateinthediscussions.

• MapQuiz–5% AtestaboutbasicRussiangeographyatthestartofthefirstseminar.

• FinalExam–25%ofgradeAthree-hourexamattheendoftheterm,whichwillbebasedonthelectures,theassignedtexts,andthefilms.

Housekeeping

• Iwillconsiderextensionsformedicalorpersonalemergencies,buttheymustbesubstantiatedbyadoctor’snoteorotherdocumentationandwillbegrantedentirelyatmydiscretion.Emergenciesdonotincludeill-temperedcomputers,northeexigenciesofothercourses,jobsoryourlovelife.

• Workhandedinlatewithoutmypermissionwillbepenalisedby20%ofthatassignment’sgradeforevery24hoursafteritisdue.

• Iwillprovidemoredetailsabouttheassignmentsduringseminarmeetings.

• Plagiarismwillnotbetoleratedandautomaticallyresultsinfailingtheassignmentaswellasanoticeonthestudent’sofficialtranscript.PapersmustbesubmittedtoTurnitin.combeforetheduedate.

• TopassthecourseyoumustgetapassingaveragegradeANDcompleteallassignedwork,includingthefinalexam.

• Twoormoreunexcusedabsencesfromseminarswilljeopardiseyourgrade.

• Youarerequiredtoreadallassignedtextsandtoseeallfilms.

• Studentswillmaintainproperdecorumduringlecturesandseminars.Youmustrefrainfromconversationsoranyotherbehaviourthatmaydistractothers.Thisincludesusingelectronicdevicessuchascellphones,smartphones,iPods,etc.

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Lectures,TextsandFilmsForadetailedlistofrequiredreadingsandfilms,pleaseseepage6ofthesyllabus.Week1 1. Overview NoSeminarWeek2 2. LandscapeandGeopolitics 3. TheKievanOriginsSeminar IntroductionRead Gilbert1-4,11-18,Lieven,pp.201-230;Kappeler,pp.1-11;The CambridgeHistoryofRussia(hereafterCHR),vol.1,pp.19-72.Week3 4. TheMongolYoke 5. TheRiseofMoscowSeminar EmpireRead Gilbert21-2,25-7;Lieven3-86;Kappeler,pp.14-56; CHR1,213-239;CHR2,45-63

SeeAlexanderNevsky

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Lectures,TextsandFilms,cont’d.

Week4 6. ThePushtotheEast 7.ThePushtotheWestSeminar BetweenWestandEast

Read Gilbert18,23-4,26,31,33,36;Kappeler60-108;CHR1,317-337; Ignatieff:,Schimmelpenninck:

Week5 8. ThePushtotheSouth 9. MuscovyandtheWorldSeminar Ukraine Read Gilbert29-31,35,Lieven231-261;Kappeler,114-162; CHR1,520-538;Horak:,Kohut:

SeeDersuUzala

Week6 10.Poltava 11.ThePatrioticWarSeminar DersuUzala

Read Gilbert36-7;41-3;47,49-50;CHR2,145-161,489-529,Bassin.Week7 12.TheCrimeanWar 13.TheTurbulentFrontierSeminar TheGreatGameRead Gilbert44,46,48,51,61;Lieven89-127;Kappeler,168-208;Baumann

:; Hopkirk:;Gorchakov:.

*: PostedonSakai.

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Lectures,TextsandFilms,cont’d.

Week8 14.NationalFissures 15.TheRussianWayofWarSeminar PersistentFactors?Read Gilbert52,53,69;Lieven262-287;CHR2,530-553; Kappeler213-79;Rieber:. Week9 16.WarinAsiaandEurope 17.TheCultureofEmpireSeminar TheMultinationalEmpire

Read Gilbert66-7,79-85;Kappeler283-323,CHR2,27-44;554-574; CHR3,94-114.Week10 18.CivilWarandRestoration 19.TheMarxist-LeninistWorldviewSeminar TheJulyCrisisRead Gilbert,91-7;Kappeler328-366;CHR3,140-167;Struve, Lieven,RussiaandtheOrigins:;Tuchman:. Week11 20.SovietPariah 21.TheGreatPatrioticWarSeminar BarbarossaRead Gilbert100-1,107-8,114-131;Lieven288-339; CHR3,217-242,636-661;StoneSeePrisoneroftheMountains

Week12 22.TheColdWar 23.TheEndofEmpire?Seminar ChechnyaRead Gilbert133-4,147-161,Lieven378-422,Kappeler,370-392;Remnick:.

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RequiredTextsandFilms

1.BookstoBuyAndreasKappeler,TheRussianEmpire(Harlow,2001)DominicLieven,Empire(NewHaven,2002)MartinGilbert,TheRoutledgeAtlasofRussianHistory(London,2007)

Recommended:MaryLynnRampolla,APocketGuidetoWritinginHistory(Boston,2001)

2.TextsonSakai(:orElectronicallyviatheGibsonLibrary(E)RobertF.Baumann,Russian-SovietUnconventionalWarsintheCaucasus,CentralAsia,andAfghanistan(Ft.Leavenworth,1993),pp.49-77..

MarkBassin,“InventingSiberia,”TheAmericanHistoricalReview96,3(1991),pp.763-794(E)TheCambridgeHistoryofRussia(Cambridge,2006)–accesselectronicallyvia“Cambridgehistoriesonline”database–AvailableelectronicallyviatheGibsonLibrary.Hereafter:(E)

AleksandrGorchakov,“TranslationofPrinceGorchakov’sMemorandum,”W.K.Fraser-Tyler,Afghanistan(London,1967),pp.333-337.:

PeterHopkirk,TheGreatGame(Oxford,1990),pp.1-8,57-76.: StephanM.Horak,“RussianExpansionandPolicyinUkraine1648-1791,”inM.Rywkin,ed., RussianColonialExpansionto1917(London,1988),103-122.: MichaelIgnatieff,"CanRussiaReturntoEurope,"Harper's284(April1992),pp.15-18.(E)ZenonKohut,“HistoryasBattleground,”inS.FrederickStarr,TheLegacyofHistoryinRussiaandtheNewStatesofEurasia(Armonk,1994),123-145.:

D.C.B.Lieven,RussiaandtheOriginsoftheFirstWorldWar(NewYork,1983),pp.139-154.AlfredRieber,“PersistentFactorsinRussianForeignPolicy,”inHughRagsdale,ed.,ImperialRussianForeignPolicy(Cambridge,1993),315-359.:

DavidRemnick,Resurrection(NewYork,1998),pp.260-291.: DavidSchimmelpenninckvanderOye,“Russia’sAsianTemptation,”InternationalJournalLV,4(Fall2000),603-623.(E)

DavidR.Stone,“SovietIntelligenceonBarbarossa:”P.Jackson&J.Siegel,eds., IntelligenceandStatecraft(Westport:2005),157-171.: PeterStruve,“AGreatRussia:ThoughtsontheQuestionofRussianPower,” TheRussianReview2,4(1912),pp.11-30.: BarbaraTuchman,TheGunsofAugust(NewYork,1964),pp.56-68.:

3. FilmsAlexanderNevsky(SergeiEisenstein,1938)DersuUzala(AkiraKurosawa,1980)PrisoneroftheMountains(SergeiBodrov,1999)