I. The Rise and Fall of the Russian EmpireA. Ancient Peoples and Early Centers (862-1240)B. Under Mongol Rule: Rule from the Steppe (1240-1487)C. The Muscavite Era and Growth of the Russian EmpireD. Impact of the Romanov Family (1689-1917)E. Revolution and the End of the Monarchy

 II. Evo- and Devolution of the Soviet Union: 1924-1991

A. Lenin and the Political Blueprint for the USSR (1917-1924)B. Stalin and the Economic PlanC. The Post War and the Cold War (1945-1980s)D. The Collapse of the Soviet Union

Russia and its Neighbors:An Historical Approach to Contemporary Problems

Growth of the Russian Empire: Ancient Slavic Centers 800s - 1200s

Novgorod

Kiev

Moscow

Growth of the Russian Empire: Under Mongol Rule 1200s - 1400s

Under Mongol Rule: (1240-1487)

Mongol Empire

Ghengis Khan The Golden Hoard of the Mongol Empire

Mongul Rule from the Steppe

General World Vegetation Patterns

The Muscavite Era and Growth of the Russian Empire: Late 1400s-Early 1500s

Ivan III "The Great"1462-1505

Ivan IV "The Terrible"(1533-1584)

Fedor the Simple Boris GudinovIvan killed his son Ivan

The Cossacks Expand Across Siberia: Late 1500s to mid 1600s

Peter Romanov"The Great"1689-1725

Growth of the Russian Empire: The Romanovs

St. Petersburg: "Peters Window on the West" and "Venice of the North"

Czarina Catherine the Great1762-1796

Growth of the Russian Empire: The Romanovs

Focus in the Nineteenth Century: Central Asia and Far East

Percent of the Population Non-Russian in Russia

Alexander I Alexander II Nicholas II

The End of the Monarchy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

Nicholas II and Family

Alexis, Olga, Tatiana, Maria and Anastasia Nicholas and Alexandra

Vladimir Lenin 1917

Early Soviet Leaders

Joseph Stalin 1924-1953

Introduced Political Design Introduced Economic Plan

The U.S.S.R.

NATO and Warsaw Pact, 1945-89

Gorbachev Yeltsin

Putin

From Soviet to Russian Leadership