Russia: History and Controversial Leaders, Part II
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Vestavia Hills Civic Center 1975 Merryvale Rd., Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216
Olli of Greater Birmingham presents Russia: History and Controversial Leaders - Part II with Instructor: Jackie Nuby,
Feb 7: Review early Russian history covered in Part I during the fall of 2017: founding of Russia; early rulers; beginning of laws and Christianity; the Mongol invasion; Ivan III and IV; Time of Troubles; the Romanov dynasty; Peter the Great; Catherine the Great; and Alexander I, II, and III.
Feb 14: Brewing of the Revolution, Bloody Sunday, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Rasputin.
Feb 21: The Bolshevik Revolution: Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, and the Cold War.
Feb 28: From Khrushchev to Putin. An assessment of Russia in the present.