Rostislav Berezkin 白若思
National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies
Russian history HIST130190.01 俄罗斯史
上课地点：光华楼西楼
上课时间：周二上午3-4节 203
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1. Course description
The purpose of this course is to give introduction to Russian history in the period between 862 and 1917, including main historical events, figures, and processes in Russian history. Main attention will be given to the period of growth and development of the Moscow state (15th-16th cent.), the establishment of Romanov dynasty (17th cent.), and the period of Russian empire (1721-1917). We will pay close attention to the development of society, economics, institutions, religion, culture and arts in Russia. Another important topic are foreign policies and international connections of the Russian state during different periods of its history. The special topic will be relations of the Russian Empire with the Qing dynasty in the 17th-19th centuries.
该教程主要目的是介绍862至1917年的俄罗斯史，包括历史事件、主要任务与历史变迁。
其中主要讨论时代是莫斯科大公国发展时代（15-16世纪）、沙皇政权建立（16世纪）、罗马诺夫王朝建立发展（17世纪）与俄罗斯帝国时代（1721-1917）。我们要关注社会、经济、政治制度、宗教、文化与美术的发展；另一种重要题目是俄罗斯国家不同时代的外交关系。一种特殊的题目是早期中俄关系发展（17-19世纪）。
2. Requirements and grading principles:
1. Class attendance and participation – 40%
2. Written assignments (mid-term quiz and final paper) – 60%:
mid-term quiz – 20%, final paper—40%
Final paper (both Chinese and English are acceptable)
The proposed topics of the paper:
1. Which time period in Russian history I find the most interesting? Why?
2. Which cultural achievements did Russia have in the past? How they were related to historical events? (the list of topics with bibliography will be provided by October 1).
The contents of paper may be related to the student’s own research.
Volume: around 5000 characters (in Chinese); up to 5 pages in English.
Students will have oral presentations in class for the final paper (see schedule).
3. Prescribed readings:
Main textbook is Nicolas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg, A History of Russia, 7th edition. New-York, Oxford:
Oxford University State, 2005.
Chin. translation: 俄罗斯史 / (美) 尼古拉·梁赞诺夫斯基, (美) 马克·斯坦伯格著.上海 : 上海人民出版社, 2013; 上海 : 上海人民出版社, 2007.
Orlando Figes. Natasha's dance: a cultural history of Russia. New York: Metropolitan Book, 2002. Chapters 1-6.
Historical documents (Engl. transl.):
Readings in Russian civilization, edited, with introductory notes, by Thomas Riha. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1969.
Daniel H. Kaiser and Gary Marker, Reinterpreting Russian History. New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. K512.0 /R374(HF)
For those, interested in Russian culture:
S. Zenkovsky, Medieval Russia's Epics, Chronicles, and Tales. New York: Dutton, 1974. (multiple editions).
李明滨。俄罗斯文化史。北京 : 北京大学出版社, 2013。1至5章。
4. Class schedule
Week 1:
Course introduction and requirements, East Slavs, the Establishment of the Kievan State
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Week 2:
Kievan Russia: Main historical events. Society, Institutions, Religion and Culture
Read Nicolas V. Riasanovsky, Mark D. Steinberg, A History of Russia, 7th edition, Chapters 1-6
(chapters below are all from the same textbook).
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Week 3:
Appanage (Udel) Russia: Economics, Society, Institutions, Religion and Culture. Development of Novgorod State, Trade and Culture
Read Chapters 7-10.
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Week 4: The Mongolian Conquest (1237-1241) and its influence on Russian history and Culture
The Rise of Moscow, the Fight against Mongol-Tatar Dependency. Moscow Unifies Russia (14th-15th centuries). Great Prince Ivan III. The Lithuanian-Russian State.
Read Chapters 11-14.
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Week 5: Muscovite Russia in the middle and end of the 16th century: the first Tsar Ivan the Terrible (1533-1584). Russian society and culture in the 14th-16th centuries.
Read Chapter 15.
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Week 6: The Time of Troubles (1598-1613) and the Establishment of the Romanov Dynasty.
Read Chapter 16-17.
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Week 7: Russia in the 17th century: Economics, Society, Institutions, and Culture.
Read Chapters 18-19.
Week 8: The Reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725): reforms, opening and Westernization of Russia, establishment of the Russian Empire.
Read Chapters 20-21.
Week 9: The Peter’s heirs (1725-1762): dynastic crisis of the Romanovs – a threat to the Empire
Mid-term quiz
Week 10: Catherine the Great (1762-1796) and Paul (1796-1801), Russian culture in the 18th century
Read Chapters 22-24.
Week 11: Russia in the 1st half of the 19th century: Alexander I and Nicholas I.
Read Chapters 25-26.
Week 12: Russian culture in the 1st half of the 19th century.
Read Chapters 27-28.
Week 12: Russia in the middle and end of the 19th century: Alexander II and Alexander III.
Read Chapters 29-31.
Week 14: The last tsar Nicolas II and collapse of the Empire. The first Russian revolution (1905). Russian culture at the end of the 19th—early 20th century.
Read Chapters 32-34.
Week 15: Students’ reports and questions.
Selected bibliography (for papers and reports):
Studies
汪华生.你知道或不知道的俄罗斯史. 武汉 : 武汉出版社, 2013. 1-6章。
俄罗斯史 / (英) 杰弗里·霍斯金著 （Geoffrey Hosking）。广州 : 南方日报出版社, 2013。 1至9章。
周雪舫著。俄罗斯史 : 谜样的国度。台北 : 三民书局股份有限公司, 2010。
(俄) T.C.格奥尔吉耶娃。文化与信仰 : 俄罗斯文化与东正教. 北京 : 华夏出版社, 2012。
姚海。俄罗斯文化 。上海 : 上海社会科学院出版社, 2013。
朱达秋, 周力编著。俄罗斯文化概论 。上海 : 上海外语教育出版社, 2010。
刘祖熙主编。斯拉夫文化，浙江人民出版社，1993.
【俄】里亚布采夫，前年俄罗斯，三联书店，2007.
《俄罗斯汉学史》，(俄)斯卡奇科夫。北京：社会科学文献出版社，2011。
《俄国汉学史 :迄于1917年》，阎国栋着。北京：人民出版社，2006。
马基思著；李约翰译，Shiba shiji Eguo wenxue zhong de Zhongguo十八世纪俄国文学中的中国 (Taipei: Chengwen chubanshe, 1977)。
米镇波：《清代中俄恰克图边境贸易》,天津：南开大学出版社，2003