Master 2025/2026

Historiography of Soviet Society

Type: Elective course (Global and Regional History)

Delivered by: Department of History

When: 1 year, 2 module

Open to: students of all HSE University campuses

Instructors: Maria Starun

Language: English

Contact hours: 30

Course Syllabus

Abstract

What are main approaches in history and anthropology of the Russian Empire and Soviet society? What are this field’s classic debates and new issues? How do they differ thematically and methodologically? This course offers a historiographic introduction to this field of study. The course focuses of key case studies that has defined Russian/Soviet studies as well as on its emerging research agenda.