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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

TM

May 8, 2022

This was one of the best courses I've ever taken! I'm incredibly grateful that it was free, and I'm so glad I took the time to watch all of the lectures. The professor is amazing!

JC

Sep 9, 2019

This course gave me a greater understanding of some of the misconceptions of Russia, I came to realize that people are similar the world over. Very interesting course.

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By Ronald H

Apr 5, 2018

Very informative. Gave me a different insight into Russian thought especially in current administration of Putin. It seems that the Russians have been more afraid o the USA than the USA has been of them.

Units one and three are too long. Unit one should be divided into three units. Unit three should be divided into two units.

By Kristin P

Apr 13, 2020

This was an interesting class. The professor is very knowledgeable but sometimes difficult to understand, as his voice trails off at the end of sentences. I also found the class set up in a way that made it hard to take notes. Overall, though, an interesting class. I learned a lot. Thank you!

By Andrey

Apr 12, 2020

Great course, although cannot escape the feeling that some important topics like Khruschev's reforms, Perestroika, the Yeltsin times were not given sufficient detail and corresponding lectures were somewhat superficial. Otherwise, I enjoyed the course immensely! Thank you, Professor Kenez!

By Pratyush

Apr 20, 2020

The course is good if one wants to know an outline of russian history.Most of the views presented were neutral(thats a good thing) but some points were debatable.Overall the course is recommended for who ever is new to russian history and just wants to get a gist of the last 100 years.

By Jeff M

Jun 22, 2020

The instructor for the course transforms the Russian/Soviet history into a fine narrative that I would encourage anyone interested in Communism or Russia to listen too. My only reservations for the course are with the final project being too broad, and the course only being 3 weeks.

By Steve R

Jun 12, 2018

Exellent course, maybe a bit too short for the subject. I liked the professor who spoke to the camera without notes. Maybe a bit more use of contemporary film would have bought course to life (photos were used)

By Dave M

May 2, 2020

Really enjoyed the course, Prof. Kenez really gave us a valuable understanding of Russian history from his unique perspective -- very glad I took part, thanks ...

By Karitha K

Jun 7, 2020

Great course, I learned a lot. I was eye opening.

Only issue is the wrong transcription can make people misunderstand the content. Please fix it soon!

By David N

May 14, 2020

Great sense of humanity from Kenez, with specific details as well as a broad overview of the events affecting (and being affected by) Russia.

By Anastasia X

Mar 12, 2018

Very informative by an extremely knowledgeable professor. Sometimes it was a little difficult to follow him, probably because of his accent.

By Vicky

Dec 31, 2017

Amazing course! Really interesting and very good presented by the Professor. Thank you for uploading! I would definitely recommend it.

By Vicenţiu H V

May 24, 2018

An interesting course, despite the fact that it is almost impossible to talk about Russian contemporary history in a 3-weeks course.

By Aarti P

Jul 28, 2020

Well planned and amazingly explained course. helps develop critical thinking for events in Russian History.

By Philip R

Jun 18, 2018

The volume was a little low unless I used my headphones, which doesn't happen elsewhere? Great content.

By William M

Dec 8, 2017

Excellent introduction to Russian history, especially to the "short" twentieth century.

By Harmanpreet K

Jul 7, 2020

I thoroughly enjoyed learning from this course and Dr. Kenez is a wonderful teacher.

By Cheneil A

May 2, 2018

The subject matter was interesting, and I found the teacher nice to listen to.

By Elizabeth N C

May 26, 2021

It is interesting to listen to the history of Russia But the audios were low

By Iswarya K

Jul 14, 2020

Though it was a three week course, it has vast details on Russian History.

By Alice E G

Feb 1, 2018

Interesting, interactive, varied in the assent form and quick to complete.

By kousay a

May 18, 2018

Enjoyed immensely professor Kenez's scholarly lectures!

By Henrietta A

Jul 8, 2020

The course was really enlightening. I enjoyed it.

By DINESH K

Jul 18, 2020

nice

By vimesy

Nov 20, 2022

Disappointed about this one. trying to condense this vast history clearly damaged the quality of the course. it mostly presents very basic points without trying to explain or analysing them. the result is a boring, unmemorable heap of unconnected information.

By Софі М

Oct 16, 2024

We have talked enough about these terrorists. Stop giving them a platform. Stop it already! And I recommend that the professor find another hobby!