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ImportFS
HIS-1007: The Russian Revolution ca 1890-1930 Work Load
10 credits (ECTS) | Type of course
Theoretical subject. | Level of course/Year of study
Normally first or second year. | Language of instruction
Norwegian | Objectives
This is a free choice subject in the bachelor degree study course in History. It is a free choice subject that forms part of the subject collection History for Teachers (60 points) and the bachelor degree Russian Studies course. It serves as a subsidiary subject for Russian, Social Studies and the History of Ideas. | Contents
The Russian Revolution is one of the great milestones in twentieth century history. It formed the basis of the Soviet societal system and had far-reaching political cumulative effects in the Western world, and to some degree also in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The break-up of the Soviet system in the 1990s means that the Soviet epoque in Russian history may be studied as a completed whole, and this has to some extent altered the view of the revolution. In the study of the Russian Revolution it is possible to talk of two main trends: the liberal/conservative (which is mostly concerned with ideology and manoeuvring at the highest political level) and the "revisionistic" or social historical, which focuses on class relations and structures of society. In recent years the new history ("the linguistic turn") has also begun to gain ground in studies of the revolution. All three of these trends are represented in the syllabus for this subject, which covers the period 1890-1920 chronologically. However, the main emphasis is placed on the revolutionary year of 1917. Literature in the syllabus list and seminar plan marked * is contained within the syllabus publication. Literature marked # indicates recommended titles (not included in the syllabus). | Form of teaching
Lectures and seminars. | Coursework requirements
Muntlig innlegg på seminar.
| Exam and assessment
1 essay of approx. 10-12 pages within a given deadline during the course of the semester. Evaluated on a scale of A-E (pass) and F (fail). The course is open for re-sit examination early in the following semester. | Contact person/lecturer
Steinar Aas/Åse Johansen | Recommended reading/syllabus
See homepage. | Homepage
http://uit.no/historie/1982/8
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Teaching autumn 2007
Orienteringsmøte: Onsdag 15.08., kl 1015, rom 1.333 i Teorifagsbygget | | Forelesning | Første gang: Måndag 20.08., kl 1015, rom M-025 i Breiviklia
Duration:1 semester | | Eksamen | Eksamensoppgåve utleverast: 5.november. Innlevering 19. november
Duration:1 semester |
Pensum
Åsmund Egge, Fra Aleksander II til Boris Jeltsin (Oslo 1993), kap. 1-6. 122 s.
David R. Marples, Lenin's Revolution. Russia, 1917-1921 (Harlow 2000), s. 1-137.
Daniel H. Kaiser (red.) The Workers' Revolution in Russian, 1917. The View from Below (Cambridge 1989), ch. 2-4 + 6, 88 s.
Orlando Figes & Boris Kolonitskii, Intepreting the Russian Revolution. The Language and Symbols of 1917, Yale University Press 1999, s. 1-152.
*Øyvind Østerud, Statsvitenskap. Innføring i politisk analyse (Oslo 2002), kap. 13 "Revolusjon", s. 128-137.
*Richard Stites, "Women and the Revolutionary Process in Russia", i Bridenthal et al., Becoming visible. Women in European History. Second edition 1987, s.451-471.
*Edward H. Carr, "En historisk vändpunkt: Marx, Lenin, Stalin" i Gerner, K. & Oldberg, I.(red.): Problem i modern historia, s. 75-86.
*Jens Petter Nielsen, "Var Oktoberrevolusjonen en sosialistisk revolusjon?" i Tidsskrift for arbeiderbevegelsens historie 1985/1, s. 131-153.
*Peter Kenez, "The Prosecution of Soviet History: A Critique of Richard Pipes' The Russian Revolution", The Russian Review 1991/3, s.345-351.
*Adam B. Ulam, "The Uses of Revolution", i R.Pipes (ed.), Revolutionary Russia (Cambr., Mass. 1968), s.333-344.
*Leo Trotsky, "Peculiarities of Russia's Development", i History of the Russian Revolution (London 1967), vol.1, s.21-32.
*Åsmund Egge, "Den russiske revolusjon i 1917 - et resultat av krigen?", Nordisk Øst-forum 1992/3, s. 32-43.
*Bernhard Pares, "Rasputin and the Empress Alexandra", A.E.Adams (red.), The Russian Revolution and Bolshevik Victory. Causes and Processes (1972), s.19-30.
*Richard Pipes, The Formation of the Soviet Union (1954), s.1-8 og 50-53.
*William H. Chamberlin, "The March Revolution was spontaneous", A.E.Adams (red.), The Russian Revolution and Bolshevik Victory. Causes and Processes (1972), s.44-52.
*Leo Trotsky, "Who Led the February Revolution?" i The History of the Russian Revolution, vol.1, s. 140-154.
*Alexander Kerenskij: "Både vänstern och högern förrådde den provisoriska regeringen", i Gerner, K. & Oldberg, I.(red.): Problem i modern historia, s. 14-22.
*George F. Kennan, "Den provisoriska regeringen", i Gerner, K. & Oldberg, I.(red.): Problem i modern historia, s. 58-63.
*Marc Ferro, "The Failure of counter-revolution", October 1917. A social history of the Russian Revolution (1980), s.36-58.
*Dietrich Geyer, "The Bolshevik Insurrection in Petrograd" i R.Pipes (ed.), Revolutionary Russia (Cambr., Mass. 1968), s. 164-179.
*B.N.Ponomarev et al.(red.), "The Bolshevik Party led the Masses", i A.E.Adams, The Russian Revolution and Bolshevik Victory. Causes and Processes (1972), s.186-191.
*Åsmund Egge, "Nyere forskning om den russiske revolusjon i 1917", Nordisk Øst-forum 2001/3: 5-11.
*Ronald Grigor Suny, "Revision and Retreat in the Historiography of 1917: Social History and Its Critics", Russian Review 1994/2, s. 165-182.
*Sovjetunionens kommunistiske partis (bolsjevikenes) historie. Kort fremstilling (Oslo 1939), s. 199-208.
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