Syllabus
- Discussion related to stalinism and relevant literature
- The Russian revolution of 1917 and its implications, the structure of Russian statehood and society break-down
- The Civil war and War Communism
- Antagonisms within The Bolshevik Party, NEP
- Collectivization and industrialization, mass repression
- Repression in Soviet history and The Great Purge, stalinist totalitarism and its system
- Nacism and Communism, the eve of World War II
- Soviet Union during the World War II, plans for post-war Europe
- Soviet Union as the winning Great Power, emergence of the socialistic world
- The end of Stalin´s Era and his legacy
- 1956
- Resources and alternatives of Stalinism
Annotation
The role of Stalin´s era in Soviet history, main questions related to its evolution.