Stalinism in the USSR

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An examination of the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin from 1928 to 1953. Course readings will focus on the experiences of ordinary people to demonstrate how Stalin's rule brought both opportunity and great tragedy. Stalinism, historians argue, was more than a political ideology such as Marxism and Leninism, but a way of life and civilization distinct from anything the modern world had yet experienced.