For an explanation of the critical course deadlines, highlighted on the schedule in bold, please see the course home page.
| WEEK | TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT | POINTS | GRADE |
| 1 | Introduction
and Themes in Russian History |
Introduction paragraph | 50 | |
| 2 | Reaction and
Modernization under Alexander III and Nicholas II |
Witte
paragraph |
50 | |
| 3 | A Silver Age
of Russian Culture |
Last Refund Date Blackboard Sign-In Deadline |
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| 4 | Marxism |
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| 5 | 1905 | 1905 paragraph |
50 |
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| 6 | World War I |
Inactive Student Withdrawal Date | ||
| 7 | 1917 and
Civil War |
Midterm exam |
200 | |
| 8 | NEP and the
Roaring 1920s |
Lenin's
Testament paragraph |
50 | |
| 9 | Stalinism in
the 1930s |
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| 10 | World War II |
Last Withdrawal Date | ||
| 11 | Cold War
Abroad |
Secret Speech
paragraph |
50 | |
| 12 | Thaw at Home |
Solzhenitsyn
paper |
100 |
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| 13 | Gorbachev |
Gorbachev
paragraph |
50 | |
| 14 | The End of
the Soviet Union |
Russian Culture
paper |
100 | |
| 15 | Whither
Russia in the Twenty-First Century? |
Final
exam Course End Date |
250 | |
| Any Week | Online Discussion (Post ten time during the course.) | 50 | ||
| Any Week | Extra Credit | |||
| TOTAL REQUIRED POINTS | 1,000 | |||
Course grades are based on the following scale:
- 1,000-900: A
- 899-800: B
- 799-700: C
- 699-600: D
- 599-000: F
Please note that your enrollment in this course is subject to the general ELI rules and regulations. Please be sure to review these procedural matters before beginning your course work. The ELI regulations are in addition to the specific course assignments described as part of this web site.