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This course analyzes Russia’s social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. It compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism, while focusing on …
This course analyzes Russia’s social, cultural, and political heritage in the 18th and 19th centuries, up to and including the Russian Revolution of 1917. It compares reforming and revolutionary impulses in the context of serfdom, the rise of the intelligentsia, and debates over capitalism, while focusing on historical and literary texts, especially the intersections between the two.

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A serene-looking, grey-haired woman, adorned in a colorful, low-bodiced robe, sits on a throne, with a scepter in her hand.
A portrait of Catherine the Great, Russia’s longest-ruling female leader, 1762–1796. (Portrait by Aleksey Antropov. Source: The Tver Regional Picture Gallery. This image is in the public domain.)
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