Possible research topics on Russian History
The image of Ivan the Terrible in Russian history and culture.
The image of Peter the Great in Russian history (XIX century/ XX century).
The image of Catherine the Great in the cinema.
Knowledge of Russia in Europe at the end of the 18th century: on the basis of N.M. Karamzin. Letters of a Russian Traveler, 1789-1790.
Eighteenth-Century Europe in the eyes of a Russian traveler: on the basis of N.M. Karamzin. Letters of a Russian Traveler, 1789-1790.
The origins of the Decembrists’ ideas.
The Decembrists revolt: reasons of defeat.
Alexander Griboyedov: poet and diplomat of Russian Empire.
The problem of national and cultural identity in the debates between the Slavophiles and the Westernizers in the middle of the XIX century.
“Fortune’s favoured son”: Prince A.M. Gorchakov as a Minister of Foreign affairs.
“Russia is not sulking, she is composing herself”: Russian foreign policy after 1856.
Peter Stolypin: ideas and reforms.
The Russo-Japanese war: the reasons of Russia’s defeat.
The emancipation of Russian women, 1870-1920s.
The Russian Revolution in the eyes of an American journalist: on the basis of: John Reed. 10 days that shook the world. 1919.
The year of 1917 in the eyes of Leon Trotsky: The History of Russian Revolution.
Soviet Russia in the eyes of H.G. Wells: H.G. Wells. Russia in the shadows. London, 1920.
Russians abroad: the beginnings of Russian emigration after 1917.
Alexandra Kollontai – the first woman ambassador.
Soviet ideals in the cinema and Soviet posters.
The 900 days of Leningrad: the significance in the history of the Great Patriotic War.
The battle of Stalingrad in the history of the Second World War.
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