Brock University History 3P90 – Fall 2013
TheRiseandFall
oftheRussianEmpire
DavidSchimmelpenninckOffice:GL229
Tel:688-5550,ext.3507Email:[email protected]
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)
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