Russian History

Bachelor 2025/2026

Type: Compulsory course (International Programme in Economics and Finance)

Delivered by: International College of Economics and Finance

When: 1 year, 1, 2 semester

Online hours: 44

Open to: students of one campus

Instructors: Maria Petrova, Alexandra Tsareva

Language: English

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Abstract

The course "History of Russia" aims to develop students' ideas and knowledge about the genesis and development of the Russian state and society. As part of the course, they will be able to both expand and systemise the knowledge gained at school and gain new facts and interpretations related to national history. A particulate focus is made on the history of foreign policy, connection between Russian domestic developments and international actions. The discipline involves the development of skills in working with academic literature and historical sources.

Learning Objectives

to form the ability to comprehend processes, events and phenomena in Russia and the world in their dynamics and interrelation, guided by the principle of historicism;
to form a set of knowledge about the main stages and experience of the formation of Russian statehood;
to form ideas about the most important social, economic, cultural, ethno-confessional, etc. processes that took place on the territory of modern Russia;
to form the primary skills of problem-based and contextual analysis of historical sources and research literature on the main periods and problems of Russian history;
to form an idea of the role of Russia in world history and culture;
to form a primary understanding of the principles and methods of broadcasting the results of one's own research in oral and written form.

Expected Learning Outcomes

- demonstrates the ability to comprehend processes, events and phenomena in Russia and the world in their dynamics and interrelation, guided by the principle of historicism
names, describes and analyzes the most important social, economic, cultural, ethno-confessional, etc. processes that took place in ancient times on the territory of modern Russia;
names, describes and analyzes the most important social, economic, cultural, ethno-confessional, etc. processes that took place during the formation, formation and development of Russian statehood in the IX - first third of the XIII century.
demonstrates a primary understanding of the principles and methods of broadcasting the results of one's own research in oral and written form
demonstrates knowledge (names and explains) about the main stages and experience of the formation of Russian statehood;
demonstrates the primary skills of problem-based and contextual analysis of historical sources and research literature on the main periods and problems of Russian history;
names, describes and analyzes the most important social, economic, cultural, ethno-confessional, etc. processes that took place on the territory of modern Russia;
demonstrates knowledge (names and explains) about the main stages and experience of the formation of Russian statehood
demonstrates the ability to comprehend processes, events and phenomena in Russia and the world in their dynamics and interrelation, guided by the principle of historicism;
demonstrates a primary understanding of the principles and methods of broadcasting the results of one's own research in oral and written form;
demonstrates the primary skills of problem-based and contextual analysis of historical sources and research literature on the main periods and problems of Russian history
describes, analyzes and explains the role of Russia in world history and culture;
describes, analyzes and explains the role of Russia in world history and culture
demonstrates the ability to comprehend processes, events and phenomena in Russia and the world in their dynamics and interrelation, guided by the principle of historicism
demonstrates the primary skills of problem-based and contextual analysis of historical sources and research literature on main periods and problems of Russian history;
demonstrates a primary understanding of the principles and methods of broadcasting the results of one's own research in oral, written form;
demonstrates knowledge (names and explains) about main stages and experience of the formation of Russian statehood
names, describes, analyzes the most important social, economic, cultural, ethno-confessional, etc. processes that took place on the territory of modern Russia
describes, analyzes, explains the role of Russia in world history and culture
demonstrates the ability to comprehend processes, events and phenomena in Russia and the world in their dynamics and interrelation guided by the principle of historicism
demonstrates the ability to comprehend processes, events and phenomena in Russia and the world in their dynamics and interrelation, guided by the principle of historicism.
names, describes and analyzes the most important social, economic, cultural, ethno-confessional, etc. processes that took place in ancient times on the territory of modern Russia.
demonstrates knowledge (names and explains) about the main stages and experience of the formation of Russian statehood.
demonstrates the primary skills of problem-based and contextual analysis of historical sources and research literature on the main periods and problems of Russian history.
demonstrates a primary understanding of the principles and methods of broadcasting the results of one's own research in oral, written form.
describes, analyzes, explains the role of Russia in world history and culture.

Course Contents

General questions of the course
Peoples and states on the territory of modern Russia in ancient times. Russia in the IX — first third of the XIII century.
Russia in the 13th–15th centuries.
Russia in the 16th–17th centuries
Russia in 18th century
The Russian Empire in the 19th — early 20th century.
Russia and the USSR in the Soviet Era (1917-1991).
Modern Russian Federation (1991-2022)

Assessment Elements

Work with SmartLMS
Activity
Exam
In order to get a passing grade for the course, the student must sit the exam (all parts of the exam if the exam is divided into parts). The exam consists of two parts: test and writing assignment with essay type questions.
Project
The purpose of the project is to study: 1) individual plots, themes, periods, events, phenomena, etc. in the history of Russia; 2) industry and profile-oriented history in the general context of national history. In an interdisciplinary project, a student/group of students represents and/or visualizes the results of studying historical sources and research literature on a particular topic/problem of the history of Russia.

Interim Assessment

2025/2026 2nd semester
0.15 * Activity + 0.15 * Activity + 0.3 * Exam + 0.2 * Project + 0.2 * Work with SmartLMS

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

A history of Russia, Riasanovsky, N. V., 1993
Panova, L. A. A course of lectures on the history of Russia : учебник / L. A. Panova, O. M. Ivanova, K. K. Gindulina. — Уфа : БГМУ, 2022. — 236 с. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/320696 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
История России с древнейших времен до 1861 года : учебник для вузов, Павленко, Н. И., 2001
Источниковедение : учеб. пособие, Данилевский, И. Н., 2015
Павленко, Н. И. История России с древнейших времен до конца XVII века (с картами) : учебник для вузов / Н. И. Павленко, И. Л. Андреев ; под редакцией Н. И. Павленко. — 6-е изд., перераб. и доп. — Москва : Издательство Юрайт, 2022. — 247 с. — (Высшее образование). — ISBN 978-5-534-02829-4. — Текст : электронный // Образовательная платформа Юрайт [сайт]. — URL: https://urait.ru/bcode/490067 (дата обращения: 27.08.2024).

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Ziemann, B., & Dobson, M. (2009). Reading Primary Sources : The Interpretation of Texts From Nineteenth and Twentieth Century History. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=237785

Authors

TSAREVA ALEKSANDRA PETROVNA

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