1917 - 1985

Ideas, Events, Dates, and Dilemmas

Stalin - Week 9 , Week 10, and Week 11
Lecture #nl:p. Text: pp. 8, 457, 459, 482-6, 488, 492-3, 495-9, 535, 538, 540, 543, 548-9, 559, 563, 605, 614, 625; Council of People's Commissars 461; original name 461, 482; rist to power 477-81; background 482-3; interpreting 483-4; collectives criticized by 488-9; Khrushchev's denunciation 497, 531-2, 546, 550; system of 497-9; quoted 501; foreign relations 502-4; WWII 507-8, 516; post-war conferences 513; last decade 517-28; death 527-8, 530; wage equality 564; promotion of Russian language 567-8; culture influenced by 572; Marr school of thought 574; literature influenced by 576; religion 581; mass graves of victims discovered 600; Chechnia 617. See also Five-Year Plans; Great purge.
Five-Year Plans - Week9
Lecture #nl:p. Text: pp. 9, 459, 582-95, 563; First 461, 481, 484-9, 492, 498, 502, 543, 559, 561, 572, 575, 581; Second 489-92, 568; Third 489-92; evaluation of 492-5; Fourth 519-20; Fifth 520-1, 538; Sixth 538; Eight 542; Ninth 542; Tenth 542-4; Eleventh 544.
Great Purge - Week 9
Lecture #nl:p. Text: pp. 495-97, 504, 522, 600; prominent victims of 495-6; Khrushchev on 531-2.
Cold War - Week11
Lecture #nl:p. Text: pp. 483, 523, 526, 552, 633, 636.
Nikita Khrushchev - Week 11
The Thaw. Lecture #11a:5. Text: pp. 8, 421, 479, 522, 527, 530-6, 561, 580, 605; Stalin denounced by 497, 531, 532, 546, 550; rise, rule, and fall 530-3; economy 538-43; foreign relations 548-9; 550-1; education 570; religion 583.
Kruschev's Secret Speech - Week 11
Lecture #11a:4. Text: pp.
Brezhvev- Week 11
The Freeze. Lecture #11b:1. Text: pp. 534-7, 544-5, 573, 587-8; foreign relations 548, 552, 555; culture 572.
Fall of the USSR - Week 11
"Andropov was an interesting choice; he was slightly younger (68 in 1982), had been linked with the brutal suppression of the revolt in Hungary that had occurred in 1956, and yet was generally regarded as extraordinarily intelligent. Unfortunately, it also became rapidly apparent that he was suffering from kidney disease, and his term of service ended up being only 15 months. During that time, however, he began reforms within the government which would lay the groundwork for his protege, Mikhail Gorbachev. However, the party was hesitant to choose Gorbachev in 1984, fearing that he was too young (he was 53) and too radical. They instead chose Constantine Chernenko" Lecture #11b:p2. Text: pp. 537