- Docente: Francesco Benvenuti
- Credits: 9
- SSD: M-STO/03
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Ravenna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Eastern European and Mediterranean Civilizations (cod. 0019)
Learning outcomes
The student successfully passing the exam will
- have learnt the main historical outlines (political, economic, social) of the whole history of the USSR (1917-1991);
- be properly informed on the new knowledge, drawn from research done in the Russian, post-Soviet Archives by the international ommunity of scholars in the field;
- be able to infer a new general appreciation of the experience of the Soviet Union and the Communist international movement in the framework of XXth century history, against the background of pre-1991 historical interpretations and common sense ;
- be able to follow the political developments in the post-Soviet countries after 1991.
Course contents
The course is aimed to give both a general and detailed account of the impact of the new archival, post-1991 reasearches on traditional knowledge concerning the history of the Soviet Union (1917-1991).
Readings/Bibliography
A.Graziosi, Storia dell'URSS, 1917-1991, voll. 2, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2007-2008.
Teaching methods
Classes and class discussion
Assessment methods
Final oral exam
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Benvenuti