The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, 1917 - 1992 - Lecture Programme

1. Introduction. The Fall of the House of Romanov - Revolution and Civil War

2. From the Death of Lenin to the Victory of Stalin

3. Revolution from Above - The First Five Year Plan

4. The Enemy Within - The Purges of the 1930s

5. The Great Patriotic War

6. Building Socialism in the Soviet Satellites

7. Send in the Tanks! The Limits of Reform

8. The Deutsche Demokratische Republik - Life behind the Wall

9. Poland - economic decline and resistance

10. The break-up of the Soviet empire

11. Film: Cold War. Episode 24. The End of the Soviet Union

12. Discussion: Post-Soviet Russia - what does the future hold?

August 2024

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