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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
The constitutional experiment, 1906-1914
The changing face of society to 1914
Russia and the First World War
The February revolution and the transition to Dual Power
March to October 1917 in city and countryside
The Bolshevik rise to power
The civil war years
Revolutionary dreams: Cultures of power
Party, state and society to 1921
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 4 |
Specified Learning Activities | 50 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 115 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: 1,000 word primary source document analysis | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 40 |
Essay: 2,000 word essay | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback on the mid-term primary source analysis assessment is provided in writing on the returned hard copy. Feedback on the end of semester 2000-word essay assignment is given by appointment in one-to-one meetings.