Father online courses on the history of Russia, which you need to go right now

The conquest of Siberia and the conquest of the Caucasus, the construction of the Baikal-Amur highway and the anthropology of the northern peoples-Taiga.info chose free online courses, which can be studied by the real rather than fake history of the country.

Russian History: from Lenin to Putin , Coursera

Professor Peter Kenesh proposes to study the history of Russia in the 20th century in eight hours - this time is enough for him to tell about the revolution, civil war, industrialization, repression, World War II, Khrushchev’s thaw, Brezhnev’s stagnation, collapse of the Soviet Union, Shock therapy and the foreign policy of Vladimir Putin. An elderly professor does this with touching sympathy for people who, frankly, have suffered over the past hundred years.

How railways changed Russian life , Arzamas

Railways changed Russia almost more than all revolutions and wars. Short - only six lectures - the course tells about the stations, bridges and industrialization that they launched. Nice bonus: a lecture on the reflection of railways in the work of Russian writers, as well as a playlist of railway music, a dictionary of passenger complaints and a test for knowledge of wagons.

Opening Russia: Baikal-Amur Highway , Arzamas

If there was little one course about railways, you can fix the material with lectures about BAM. Of these, you can learn not only about the history of the construction of the highway and the reflection of BAM in Soviet culture, but also about the people who worked there and still live. There are even jokes about Bamovites!

St. Petersburg-the capital of the empire of Peter I , Coursera

One of the most interesting domestic historians Yevgeny Anisimov through a portrait of St. Petersburg shows the history of the Russian Empire - from 1703 to 1918. Its guide to the two centuries of the capital is an almost theatrical performance in which the city from the decoration turns into the main character.

History of the conquest of the Caucasus , Arzamas

Why Russia fought in the Caucasus and how it got bogged down, how the empire annexes Georgia and how the highlanders fought with Russian troops-this short course in general terms tells the complex history of Russian-Caucasian relations. The disadvantages of the course include the absence of, in fact, the Caucasian view of the problem, and to unconditional virtues - a guide for the songs of Ossetians, Chechens, Lezgin, Terek Cossacks, Pontic Greeks and other peoples of the North Caucasus.

Stalin and Stalinism in the history of Russia , Coursera

Perhaps the best way to get acquainted with the Stalin era. The course offers a detailed and balanced look at the Soviet leader himself, his personal qualities, politics and actions. The last lecture is devoted to Stalinism after Stalin and the revival of the cult of the “leader” in modern Russia.

Anthropology of the North: who and how lives where it is cold , arzamas

The course answers questions that are often ignored by Russian education: how Russia has captured Siberia, who fought with whom in the Russian-Chukotsky wars and how the indigenous Siberian peoples live today. Bonus for lovers to try everything new: recipes of sauer walrus, the eyes of the seals and other traditional dishes.

Ilya Kabanov, scientific observer Taiga.info (@ metkere )

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