Carleton University · HIST 4608

The Soviet Union

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Examination of the rise of the Soviet Union to a global power and subsequent tensions that promoted its collapse. The course will analyze Stalinism, the Second World War, the Thaw, and Brezhnev and Gorbachev eras through the lens of the USSR’s citizens.

Conditions and arrangements

  • Also listed as EURR 4306 .
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as HIST 5608 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminar three hours a week.
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Examination of the rise of the Soviet Union to a global power and subsequent tensions that promoted its collapse. The course will analyze Stalinism, the Second World War, the Thaw, and Brezhnev and Gorbachev eras through the lens of the USSR’s citizens.

  • Also listed as EURR 4306 .
  • Also offered at the graduate level, with different requirements, as HIST 5608 , for which additional credit is precluded.
  • Seminar three hours a week.

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