History 359
History of
Fall 2006
Instructor: James Crowl
Office: 246
Office Telephone: 395-22l7
Office Hours: MWF 2:00-2:50
T R 3:15-4:00
Course Description:
Textbook:
David MacKenzie and Michael W. Curran, A History of
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of the course, students will have gained an appropriate increase in:
l. knowledge and understanding of the forces which shaped Russian history and civilization from its origins to l894.
2. knowledge of historical study and methodology.
3. understanding of the importance of ethical dilemmas in the shaping of history.
4. the ability to do historical research.
5. the skills necessary to use a word processor.
Class Schedule:
Week l Assignment: Text, Chapt.
l (pp 3-9)
Aug. 29- 31 T: Orientation to the course
Bibliography
R: The people and the
The origins of Russian history
Week 2 
Sept. 5-7 Assignment: Text, Chapts. 2,3,4 (pp. 11-49)
T: Kievan history: The early phase,
862-972
Kievan
history: "The Golden Age," 972-1054
R: Kievan history: The "Golden
Age," 972-1054
Kievan history: The
third phase, l054-ll69
Appanage
The Mongols
Week 3 Appanage
Sept. 12-14 Assignment: Text, Chapts. 5,6,7,8
and 9 (pp. 51-104)
T: The rise of Moscow
R: Economics and society in Appanage
Russia
Late Appanage
Week 4 Formation of the
Sept. 19-21
Assignment: Text, Chapts. 10 and ll (pp. 105-130)
T: Ivan III, r. l462-1505
Vasily III, r.
l505-1533
R: Ivan IV, r. l533-l584
Week 5 Reign of Ivan IV, l533-l584
Sept. 26-28 Assignment: Chapts. l0
and ll
T: Ivan IV: The Oprichnina
Backdrop to the "Time of Troubles"
FIRST TEST*****Thursday: SEPTEMBER 28, FIRST TEST
Week 6 "Time of Troubles;" The
Early Romanovs
Oct. 3-5 Assignment: Chapts. 12,13,
and l4 (pp. 132-166)
T: The "Time of Troubles
R: The "Time of Troubles"
The First Romanovs:
Michael and Alexis
Week 7 Peter "the Great," r.
l689-1725
Oct.10-12 Assignment: Text, Chapts. l5 and l6 (pp. 171-
197)
T: Peter "the Great;" Early years and accession
R: Peter "the Great;" Internal Westernization
Assignment: Text, Chapt.
17 and l8 (pp. 259-295)
***********TERMPAPERS DUE!! OCTOBER 12, SEVERE penalty for late
papers! (One letter grade per day late!)
Week 8 Fall
Break Oct. 17
Oct. 19 R:
Peter "the Great;" Foreign Policy
Week 9 T:
Oct. 24-26 Catherine II: Early years
R: Catherine II: Domestic Programs
Week l0 Catherine II, r. 1762-1796;
Paul, r. 1796-1801
Oct. 31-Nov. 2. Assignment: Text, Chapts.
18 and 19 (pp. 211-241)
T: Catherine II: Foreign Policy
R: Catherine II: Foreign Policy; Emperor Paul
Week ll
SECOND TEST T: November 7: SECOND TEST
Nov. 9 Assignment: Text, Chapts. 20,
21 (pp. 243-278)
R: Alexander I, r. l801-1825
Week 12 Alexander I, r. l801-l825
Nov. 14 -16 T: Alexander I
R: The "Decembrists"
Week l3
Nicholas I, r. l825-l855
Nov. 21 Assignment: Text Chapt. 23 (pp. 281-295)
T: Nicholas I: Domestic Programs
R: Thanksgiving Break
Week l4 Assignment: Text, Chapts.
24 and 25 (pp.299-329)
Nov. 28-30 T: Alexander II: The
Emancipation
R: The Emancipation
Week 15 T: Alexander II, r. l855-l88l: The
Emancipation
Dec. 5-7 and remaining reforms
R: The Revolutionary Movement; Alexander III
Final Examination:( NOT comprehensive)
Course Requirements:
Two Tests: September 28
November 7
One research paper:: Due Date October 12
(a letter grade penalty for each day late!)
Final Examination
Final Grade:
Your final grade in the course will be determined as follows: each test will
count as one-fourth, the final examination will count as one-fourth, and the
research paper will count as one-fourth.
Class Attendance:
Students will find it difficult to succeed in this class unless they attend regularly. However, your instructor does not believe in artificially penalizing students for failing to attend by lowering their grades. I do ask that students come to class on time, unless they have a disability that prevents them from doing so. Students who come late to class will otherwise be penalized one point for each time they are late! Students are likewise asked not to return if they need to excuse themselves during class. The constant coming and going of students from the classroom detracts from a proper academic environment. I also have a closed mind on absences from tests. Make-ups will be given only when students can provide a valid reason for the absence.
Research Paper:
Students are required to write a research paper of at least ten (l0) pages on a topic concerning Russian history, culture, science, etc. before l894. Students should confer with the instructor on an individual basis regarding a suitable topic.
At least ten (l0) sources must be cited in the footnotes or endnotes of the paper. Encyclopedias and textbooks should never be cited in a research paper. No more than one electronic source may be cited! The paper must be typed on a word-processor or computer.
Papers are due on October 12.. Students will be penalized one letter grade per day for late papers.
The format for the paper must be taken from Kate L. Turabian: A Manual for Writers, Sixth Edition, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, l996. No parenthetical or text notes will be acceptable. Students who lack access to the Turabian volume should consult my History 100 syllabus for examples of acceptable footnote and Works Cited form. Before the due date for papers, students will need to submit their work to turnitin.com to ensure that there is no plagiarism. The instructor will provide an ID number and enrollment password for the class.
The password for Turnitin.com and class identification number are: Kulikovo and 1661721
Students sometimes seem to assume that research for papers consists of checking
for books on that particular topic in the library. If a student finds
a book on the topic chosen for a paper, the topic is probably too broad and
needs to be narrowed! True research consists of finding a few pages or
even paragraphs in a number of books!! Journal articles are likewise an
important source!
General:
Billington, James H. The Icon and
the Axe.
Curtiss, John S. The Russian Orthodox Church and the
Florinsky, Michael T. Russia: A History and an
Interpretation. 2 vols.
Kliuchevsky, Vasily O.
Kurs Russkoi Istorii. (A History of Russia) 5 vols.
Mazour, Anatole G. Modern
Russian Historiography.
Miliukov, Paul. Outline of
Russian Culture. 3 vols.
Pares, Bernard. A History of
Platonov, S.F. History of
Robinson, Geroid T. Rural
Simmons, Ernest J. An Outline of Modern Russian
Literature.
Kievan
Cross, Samuel Hazzard, (ed.)
The Russian Primary Chronicle.
Grekov, Boris D. the Culture of
Vernadsky, George. Ancient
__________. Kievan
__________, The Mongols and
Muscovite and Imperial
Alexander, John T. Catherine II.
Anderson, M.S. Peter the Great.
Baron, Samuel H. Muscovite
Blackwell, William. The Beginnings of Russian
Industrialization, l800-l86l.
Blum, Jerome. Lord and Peasant in
Carr, Edward H. Michael Bakunin.
Catherine II. Memoirs.
Dukes, Paul. The Making of Russian Absolutism,
l6l3-l80l.
Fennell, J.L.Z. ed. The Correspondence Between Prince Kurbsky and Tsar
Ivan IV of
Grey, Ian. The Romanovs.
The Rise and Fall of a Dynasty.
__________. Ivan the Terrible.
Harcave, Sidney. Years of the Golden Cocerel: The Last Romanov Tsars,
l8l4-l9l7.
Hingley, R. The Russian Secret Police: Muscovite,
Imperial Russian
and Soviet
Political Security Operations,l565-l970.
Karamzin, Nicholas M. Memoir
on Ancient and Modern
Karpovich, Michael. Imperial
Kliuchevsky, Vasily O. Peter the Great.
Liashchenko, P.I. A History of the
National Economy of Russia to the l9l7 Revolution.
Mazour, Anatol. The First
Russian Revolution, l825.
Monas,
Under Nicholas I.
Payne, Robert and N. Romanoff. Ivan the Terrible.
Platonov, S.F. The Time of
Troubles.
Pipes, Richard.
_____________.The Russian Intelligentsia.
Raeff, Marc. The Decembrist
Movement.
_____________.Michael Speransky:Statesman
of Imperial Russia.
_____________. Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia.
_____________. Plans for Political Reform in Imperial
Riasanovsky, Nicholas V. Nicholas I and Official Nationality in
Seton-Watson, Hugh. The Decline of Imperial
Sumner, B.H. Peter the Great and the
Venturi, Franco. Roots of Revolution: A History
of the Populist
and Socialist Movements in Nineteenth Century
Ulam, Adam B. In the Name of
the People.
Yarmolinsky, Avrahm.
Road to Revolution: A Century of Russian Radicalism.