1. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF RUSSIA Lecture 1: Introduction
Vera Valentinovna Ageeva
Tomsk Polytechnic University
Institute of Humanities, Social Sciences & Technologies
Department of History and Regional Studies

2. Professional Background
Vera Valentinovna Ageeva
Associate professor, PhD in History
Courses
o History
o Political science
o Foreign Trade Goods Classification of the Customs Union
o Declaring, reporting, entry of goods
Research
o Historiography and methodology of history
o World Russian Studies
o Customs and Compliance Control
Advanced Professional Training
2013. Further training in the Russian Customs Academy in the distance-learning institute of retraining and professional development. Program “Topical issues of customs administration in the conditions of Russia's accession to the WTO” (102 hours).
2015. Educational Program “Blended Learning in Electronic Environment” in the University of Southampton

3. Information about the course “Contemporary history of Russia”
Study time allocation
36 hours = contact hours: 36 (lectures – 18 hours, seminars - 18 hours).
Credit points
2 or 3
Semester 1
Assessment method
Pass/fail exam or Exam
Mode of study
full-time attendance

4. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Course overview
Russian history is essential to understanding Russian culture and society. The subject integrates special aspects of contemporary Russian history and common factors of World historical process.
Keywords
Contemporary history, Russia, methodology of history, historical process
Aims
Having successfully completed this course, you will be able to:
perform research and learning activities on historical, cultural and political issues;
carry out information and analytical activities;
apply principles of historical process to organizational and administrative activity.

5. CONTEMPORARY HISTORY OF RUSSIA
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
basic principles of the historical process,
methodology of Russian history,
stages and special characteristics of contemporary Russian history
Knowledge and Understanding
Students will be able to:
study and learn independently,
communicate effectively
Transferable and Generic
analyze historical trends in the regional and country level,
use special historical knowledge in professional activity,
apply conceptual and terminological apparatus of historical science to the solution of professional tasks.
Subject Specific Practical

6. Information support of the course
Electronic course “Russia in World History”
Personal Web-Page in English and Russian

7. Literature World Russian Studies
The Russian Revolution by Sheila Fitzpatrick  URL:
Journal of Modern Russian History and Historiography URL:
The History of Russia By Charles E. Ziegler  URL:
2. Russian historical research
The History of the Russian Revolution by Leon Trotsky. URL:

8. Lecture 1: Introduction to Contemporary Russian History
Plan
1. Subjects of contemporary history
2. Theoretical framework and methodology of contemporary Russian history
3. Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (Review: Problems and Prospective)

9. Think and Discuss the Following Question:
What does it mean the term “contemporary history” (current history, recent history)? What is the timeframe of contemporary history?

10. Contemporary history describes the period timeframe that is closely connected to the present day; it is a certain perspective of modern history. In the widest context of this use, contemporary history is that of current events and the part of history still in living memory. Contemporary history is connected with the period from 1918 until now.

11. Think and Discuss the Following Question:
What were the main historical processes and phenomena in 20th century ?

12. What were the main historical processes and phenomena in 20th century ?
Globalization
The era of the World Wars
Revolutions destroyed the empires
The era of ideologies
Formation, development and the collapse of totalitarian regimes
Urbanization
The development of mass culture
Post-industrial development
Space exploration
Digital Revolution

13. Think and Discuss the Following Question:
How to study contemporary history?
What methodological approaches do You know?

14. Methodology Formational approach Civilization approach
What are the global trends were characteristic of Soviet history of the 20th century?
What were the historical alternatives existed in Russia in 1917 and 1991?
Was the Soviet man a socialist ?
Formational approach
Civilization approach
Modernization theory
New Imperial History
New Cultural history
Linguistic turn

15. Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries:
Nicholas II Romanov
Reforms S.Y. Witte and P.A. Stolypin
The first Russian revolution ( )
Russia in World War I.
The February Revolution of 1917
The October Revolution of 1917
Russian Civil War ( )

16. THANK FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Vera V. Ageeva
Department of History and Regional Studies
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