Russia and the Former Soviet Union

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Investigation of how history, institutions, and political culture in Russia influences choices that elites and ordinary people make about politics; overview of Tsarist Russian imperialism, Soviet experiment in modernization and multinational governance, collapse of Soviet Union and creation of 15 independent states; examination of processes of political change and governance in post-communist Russia, and factors that influence processes. Prerequisites: International Affairs major; junior or senior classification.