Syllabus
1. Introduction to the topic, Presentations, Requirements
2. Early stages-Pre-historians, Karamzin
3. Search for the national identity: Chaadaev, Milyukov, Danilevskii
4. Marxists - ideas of Trotsky, Lenin
5. Emigration: Savitsky, Berdyaev
6. Post-Soviet discussion - Achiezer, Panarin
7. New Russian idea Barsenkov, Vdovin, Milov
8. Western Sovietology and Russian studies - Totalitarism, Revisionism, Fitzpatrick
Annotation
This course concentrates on framing and interpreting of modern Russian history. It puts an emphasiz on generalizing schemes as well as on Russian links to neighboring countries and brings also examples of national perspectives or politics of history.