Module Identifier | IP34720 | ||
Module Title | POLITICS IN RUSSIA SINCE 1917 | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Dr Jennifer G Mathers | ||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | ||
Next year offered | N/A | ||
Next semester offered | N/A | ||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 8 Hours (8 x 1 hour) | |
Lecture | 14 Hours (14 x 1 hour) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 60% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: | 40% | |
Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
- Discuss the changing role which the Communist Party played in politics
- Compare the Leninist and Stalinist political systems
- Assess the significance of Stalin's influence on the development of politics in the Soviet Union
- Outline successive attempts to reform the Soviet political system
- Assess Gorbachev's contribution to Soviet politics
- Compare Russia’s political system with its Soviet predecessor
10 ECTS credits