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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate detailed knowledge of the events, actors and processes in Russia’s revolutionary history.
2. Critically engage with a variety of primary and secondary material.
3. Evaluate conflicting interpretations of the events of 1917, their causes and consequences.
4. Write scholarly essays to the standard of a level 3 student of history.
5. Assess and analyse key themes, readings and debates in class discussions.
The module will cover the following areas:
Russia in 1900
1905
Constitutional 'democracy', terrorism & the radical underground
Peasants, workers, hooligans & futurists
Russia & the First World War
The February revolution and the emergence of Dual Power
March to October 1917 in city &countryside
The Bolshevik ascendancy
The civil war years
Revolutionary dreams and cultures of power
Consolidation: Party, state and society to 1921
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 5 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 116 |
Not applicable to this module.
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback on the mid-term primary source analysis assessment is provided on the submitted copy via brightspace, and can be discussed further in seminars and office hours. Feedback on the end of semester 2000-word essay assignment is returned via brightspace.
Name | Role |
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Dr Jenna Byers | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 13:00 - 13:50 |
Seminar | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 22 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 24, 26, 30, 32 | Thurs 14:00 - 14:50 |
Seminar | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 | Thurs 15:00 - 15:50 |
Seminar | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 22, 24, 26, 30, 32 | Thurs 15:00 - 15:50 |
Seminar | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 | Fri 10:00 - 10:50 |
Seminar | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 21, 23, 25, 29, 31 | Fri 11:00 - 11:50 |
Seminar | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 22, 24, 26, 30, 32 | Fri 13:00 - 13:50 |