COURSE SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF RUSSIA

1	Course Title:	HISTORY OF RUSSIA
2	Course Code:	TRH3098
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	3
6	Semester:	6
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	5
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. MEHMET TEZCAN
16	Course Lecturers:	Yrd. Doç. Dr. Sezai SEVİM
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. Mehmet TEZCAN 2006tezcan@gmail.com, tezcanmehmet@uludag.edu.tr Telefon (İş): 0 224 2941778 Adres: UÜ, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Tarih Bölümü, 16059 - Görükle Yerleşkesi, Nilüfer-BURSA
18	Website:	http://tarih.uludag.edu.tr/
19	Objective of the Course:	To teach to the students how the Russians came out as a state and nation, conquered Turkic and Islamic countries in Asia and became an European and world state, beginning with the Kievan Rus’ and the Mongolian Invasion in the 13th century.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development

Learning Outcomes:

1	They, can comprehend the process from a tribal to governmental case.;
2	be aware of that how the Christianity plays role actively during the formation of a state.;
3	can follow what the Russians learn from the Turks and Mongols.;
4	will learn why and how the Russians obtained the territories in Eurasia and Asia firstly, becoming an East European tribe.;
5	will learn roles of the periods of Petro the Great and Katerina the Great in the process of becoming a modern, expantionalist and European state of Russia.;
6	will learn how during some critical and hard periods the Russians recovered themselves.;
7	can see a lot of erraneous attitudes of Turco-Tatarian states, and European helps to the Russians during the growing of Russia.;
8	will learn how so big empire was collapsed and was found a new state.;
9	be able to see some roles in becoming a state and nation of the ideas of Socialism and Communism. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Geography of Russia, Russia before the Russians
2	Origin of the word Slav, the Slavians, geography of the Slavs and classification of the Slavs
3	The Kievan Rus’ (882-972) and period of Svyatoslav (962-972); relations of Slavs and Russians with Wolga-Bulgarians, Khazars and Byzantium
4	The periods of Vladimir (980-1015) and Yaroslav the Wise (1036-1054), acceptance of Orthodox Christianity and influences of the Christianity upon the Russians, Russian first chroniques and Igor Tale
5	The Mongol invasion after the battle of Kalka (1223) and Mongol hegemony (1240-1380), formation of the Moscowian State (1300-1533), Dmitry Donsky and Battle at Kulikovo (1380)
6	Russia during the periods of the Golden Horde and the Khanates
7	Ivan the terrible (1533-1584)and building of Russia, occupation of the khanates by the Russians and the beginning phases of Ottoman and Russian relations, conquest of Siberia
8	The period of Peter the Great (1625-1725) and his some reforms, westernization of Russia
9	the period of Katerina the Great (1762-1796) and Ottoman and Russian relations during her time
10	Russia under the rule of Alexander I
11	Occupation of Russia by Napoleon (1812) and its results
12	Periods of tsars Nicola I and Alexander II, Russia at crossroads: East or West?
13	Alexander III, and Nicola II, the last Romanov
14	Revolution of Bolsheviks in Russia (1917) and the End

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Acar, K. (2009). Ortaçağ’dan Sovyet Devrimine Rusya, İstanbul: İletişim. Burbank, J. and Cooper, F. (2011). İmparatorluklar Tarihi. Farklılıkların Yönetimi ve Egemenlik, çev. A. A. Çağlayan, İstanbul: İnkılâp. Figes, Orlando (2009). Nataşa’nın Dansı. Rusya’nın Kültürel Tarihi, çev. Figen Dereli, İstanbul: İnkılâp Kitabevi. Gumilev, L. N. (2003). Eski Ruslar ve Büyük Bozkır Halkları, Cilt I-II, Rusçadan Çeviren. D. A. Batur, Selenge Yayınları: İstanbul. Hosking, G. (2015). Rusya ve Ruslar. Erken Dönemden 21. Yüzyıla, çev. K. Acar, İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları. Kamalov, İ. (2009). Altın Orda ve Rusya (Rusya Üzerindeki Türk-Tatar Etkisi), Ötüken Neşriyat: İstanbul. Kurat, Akdes Nimet (1951-53). Prut Seferi ve Barışı (1711), C. 1-2, Ankara Üniversitesi DTCF Tarih Enstitüsü Yayınları TTK Basımevi: Ankara. Kurat, Akdes Nimet (1966). Türkiye ve İdil Boyu (1569 Astarhan Seferi, Ten-İdil Kanalı ve XVI-XVII. Yüzyıl Osmanlı - Rus Münasebetleri), Ankara Üniversitesi, DTCF Yayınları: Ankara. Kurat, Akdes Nimet (1992). IV. - XVIII. Yüzyıllarda Karadeniz Kuzeyindeki Türk Kavimleri ve Devletleri, 2. Baskı, Murat Kitabevi Yayınları: Ankara. Kurat, Akdes Nimet (2011). Türkiye ve Rusya. XVIII. Yüzyıl Sonundan Kurtuluş Savaşına Kadar Türk - Rus İlişkileri (1798-1919), AKDTYK, TTK Basımevi: Ankara. Mercan, M. (2010). Katerina Tarihi, İstanbul: Nobel Yayın Dağıtım. Riazanovsky, N. V. and Steinberg, M. D. (2011). Rusya Tarihi. Başlangıçtan günümüze..., İngilizceden çeviren: F. Dereli, İnkılap: İstanbul. Türk-Rus İlişkilerinde 500 Yıl (1492-1992), 1999, Ankara: TTK. Vernadsky, G. (2007). Moğollar ve Ruslar, İngilizceden Çeviren: E. B. Özbilen, Selenge Yayınları: İstanbul. Vernadsky, G. (2009). Rusya Tarihi, Çeviri: D. Mızrak, E. Ç. Mızrak, Selenge Yayınları: İstanbul. Von Staden, H. (2016). Korkunç İvan Zamanında Rusya, çev. S. Acar, İstanbul: Selenge Yayınları. Yücel, M. U. (2007). İlk Rus Yıllıklarına Göre Türkler, AKDTYK, TTK: Ankara.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	1	20
Final Exam	1	60
Total	3	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	3	42
Practicals/Labs	0	0	0
Self Study and Preparation	12	2	24
Homeworks, Performances	1	5	5
Projects	2	5	10
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	1	1
Others	10	7	70
Final Exams	1	1	1
Total WorkLoad			153
Total workload/ 30 hr			5,1
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

	PQ1	PQ2	PQ3	PQ4	PQ5	PQ6	PQ7	PQ8	PQ9	PQ10	PQ11	PQ12
LO1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LO9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High