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HS325 History of Russia to 1917 3 credits
Political, economic, social and cultural developments in Russian history from the earliest
times to the outbreak of revolution in 1917. Theories of the origin of Rus, Kievan Russia,
the Mongol conquest, the rise of Muscovy, the Romanovs and imperial Russia, the struggle
to Westernize, revolutionary opposition to autocracy, and the fall of the autocracy will be
investigated. Prerequisite: one HS200-level course.