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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Russian History: from Lenin to Putin by University of California, Santa Cruz

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About the Course

In this course, Peter Kenez, Professor Emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, explains the events of modern Russian history and introduces its most significant actors—from Vladimir Lenin to Vladimir Putin....

Top reviews

RS

Sep 14, 2020

I found that course had a central theme, the incompatibility of the Communist structures with an increase in the standard of living, that was well documented from the time of Lenin to that of Putin.

SM

Jul 18, 2022

Very informative and well presented. Professor Kenez gives a thorough explanation of why Russia is what it is. It's the history from the Czarist regime to the common era. Thank you, Professor!

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By Ansa B

Feb 20, 2021

It was a great course, learnt a lot in short time.

By Kwong L C (

Feb 16, 2023

Great course to understand contemporary Russia.

By NIVELLE

Jan 6, 2021

Very interesting. Thanks a lot M Kenez.

By Jose G

Aug 21, 2021

100% recommend if you love history.

By Kristopher E

Jun 17, 2021

Dr. Kenez is so warm and dedicated.

By Carlos Z

Oct 3, 2023

great teacher and unique content.

By larissa e

Sep 7, 2022

I thoroughly enjoyed this course

By Maria J O

Mar 23, 2021

Curso maravilhoso, aprendi muito

By Aleksandra T

Mar 19, 2024

Excellent course, thank you!

By Байшов Б Б

Jan 5, 2024

Очень интересный курс был.

By Richard J M

Aug 30, 2021

Excellent in all respects.

By asma a

Sep 14, 2022

It was a very good course

By ALESSANDRA M

Oct 17, 2022

Very interestin gcourse

By Sandra M

Mar 11, 2023

An essential course !

By Gabo J ( J

Dec 2, 2022

Excelente curso

By Adnan K

Feb 12, 2023

Great course.

By Sam T

Mar 22, 2021

Great

By Gail S

May 7, 2023

I loved this course as my goal was to learn why this demented country of Russia was pursuing war with Ukraine and I believe that I now have the answer. Our professor was not the easiest teacher to learn from - his accent made his words hard to follow at times and the written notes, which should have been an easier route to learning, were often incorrectly transcribed. It was also apparent that Professor Kenez had a huge degree of sympathy for Russia and its citizens - perhaps bordering at times to a degree of bias towards Russia and even now Putin! Overall, Russia has a HUGE history and it would be impossible to learn every action, person and nuance. So the brief synopsis that was this course, was quite sufficient to learn the basics and more. And it certainly sparked my hunger for more history!

By Helene G W

Nov 20, 2022

The professor is very knowledgeable, and the selection of events is relevant and consistent. Sometimes the course lacks a bit of objectivity, and there are too many true/false questions in the tests about things that are not that black and white.

I did enjoy the videos, and the stop questions in between are good to check comprehension of the most important parts. I think the discussion prompts should be mandatory, because if everyone participates in that, students will get more and faster feedback, and it is a valuable part of understanding the course.

By Emily M

Jul 16, 2021

I was always interested in Russian history and culture but I never had the opportunity to really dig into it. When I saw the course, I enrolled immediately and I am glad that I did so. Although the point of view was a little "american", it still was fascinating and objective. It really gave me the knowledge I expected and motivated me to learn more about the subjects taught and make my own opinions about every incident mentioned. Thank you prof. Kenez!

By Satyajit K

Aug 10, 2021

Very elaborative presentation of Russian history by Prof. Peter Kenez. But, very limited insight is given on Soviet economic progress, scientific advances or its foreign relations during the tenure of different Soviet premiers. The causes and subsequent repercussions of Soviet's Afgan war are not discussed.

By Anne S

Aug 9, 2022

Good overview, especially over more recent Russian history. I found it interesting, learned things and especially enjoyed working on an essay at the end. I would have liked the lectures to be a bit more concise, and sometimes the quiz questions seemed a bit arbitrary to me.

By Diego S

Oct 2, 2023

Rather good, it will clarify you in detail enough what happened in the last century in Russia.

By Ian T

Mar 6, 2022

An interesting short course on Russian History, fills in some of the gaps in my knowledge.