The course has the following learning objectives:
• Getting to know the historical trends characterizing contemporary age in Russian and Eurasian territories that first were part of the Russian Empire and then of the USSR;
• Understanding the major questions and interpretations of Russian and Eurasian history in contemporary historiography;
• Appreciating how cultural, political, religious, social, geopolitical elements have constantly been intertwined in the historical development of the area;
• Becoming aware of how that characteristic ‘Russian otherness’ has been shaped in contemporary age through the relation with global events and concurrent differentiation processes .
• Getting to know the historical trends characterizing contemporary age in Russian and Eurasian territories that first were part of the Russian Empire and then of the USSR;
• Understanding the major questions and interpretations of Russian and Eurasian history in contemporary historiography;
• Appreciating how cultural, political, religious, social, geopolitical elements have constantly been intertwined in the historical development of the area;
• Becoming aware of how that characteristic ‘Russian otherness’ has been shaped in contemporary age through the relation with global events and concurrent differentiation processes .
teacher profile teaching materials
2. Andreas Kappeler, La Russia. Storia di un impero multietnico, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 2006;
3. Stephen Kotkin, A un passo dall’Apocalisse. Il collasso sovietico, 1970-2000, Roma, Viella, 2010;
4. Gian Piero Piretto, Gli occhi di Stalin. La cultura visuale sovietica nell'era staliniana, Milano, Raffello Cortina Editore, 2010
Core Documentation
1. Andrea Graziosi, L’Unione Sovietica 1914-1991, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011;2. Andreas Kappeler, La Russia. Storia di un impero multietnico, Roma, Edizioni Lavoro, 2006;
3. Stephen Kotkin, A un passo dall’Apocalisse. Il collasso sovietico, 1970-2000, Roma, Viella, 2010;
4. Gian Piero Piretto, Gli occhi di Stalin. La cultura visuale sovietica nell'era staliniana, Milano, Raffello Cortina Editore, 2010