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This undergraduate final-year Special Subject module covers the political, social, economic and cultural history of the Russian Revolution examining the impact of war; the February Revolution; the events of 1917; the Civil War; War Communism ; the uprisings of 1920-1 and concludes with the Tenth Party Congress and the Kronstadt rebellion. It is divided into two halves - the collapse of the old order; the emergence of the new Soviet order.

• Module Details
• Seminar Topics & Document List
• Bibliography:
  • Part 1 - General
  • Part 2 - The Course of the Revolution
  • Part 3 - Topics
• Essay Titles
• Module Handbook

There are no pre-requisites for students wishing to study this module. However, students are not permitted to study both the final-year Advanced Option module 'The Furies of Revolution (HI33Q)' and the final-year Special Subject module 'Russian Revolution, 1914-21 (HI317)'.