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1Introduction to the Course
2Introduction to the Russian EmpireHosking, Geoffrey. Maps. In Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. viii-xv, 3-27, and 33-41.

Cracraft, James, ed. "The Environment and Its Consequences," by Pipes and "Multi-Ethnic Empire," by Kappeler. In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 4-21 and 398-403.
3The Muscovite HeritageHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 45-74.

Hellie. "Enserfment," and "The Ulozhenie of 1649." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Edited by James Cracraft. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 57, 58-59 (top) and 60-67.
4Peter the Great and the Petrine ReformsHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 75-94 [note chronology, pp. 487-88].

Cracraft, James, ed. "Anisimov," "Petrine Reforms," and "Shafirov Justifies the Empire (1717)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 82-99, 110-25 and 245-48.
5The Age of Catherine IIHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 95-119.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Catherine as Woman and Ruler," by de Madariaga, "Pugachev's Rebellion," by Raeff and "Annexation of Crimea." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 166-97 and 249-51.
6The Eighteenth-century NobilityHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 153-71.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Peter III's Manifesto (1762)," "Shcherbatov (1787)," "Catherine's Instruction (1767)," "Charter to the Nobility, 1785," and "Radishchev." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 150-65, 197-205 and 212-20 (optional pp. 205-12).

Freeze, Gregory. "Instruction from the Nobility of Moscow to the Legislative Commission," (pp. 16-22) and "Pugachev." (pp. 84-86). In From Supplication to Revolution.
7Bureaucratic MonarchyHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 120-49.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Constitutionalism of AI," by Raeff (pp. 256-91), "Nicholas I," by Riasanovsky and "Karamzin (1811)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994.

Edict Creating the Third Section. Lincoln, W. Bruce. "Enlightened Bureaucracy." In Reinterpreting Russian History. Edited by Kaiser and Marker, pp. 257-62.
8The DecembristsHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 171-82.

Mazour, Anatole. The First Russian Revolution. Pp. 64-85, 203-221, 261-86.

Wortman, Richard. Scenarios of Power: Myth and Ceremony in Russian Monarchy. Vol. 1, pp. 264-79.
9The Institution of SerfdomKolchin, Peter. Unfree Labor. Pp. 41-65 (bottom), 68-78, 98-102, 117-120, 157-63, 165-67 and 169-72 (top).

Serf documents in Kaiser and Marker. Pp. 292-96 and 297-303.
10Nobility in LiteratureGibian, George, ed. "A Double Life," (1848) by Pavlova and "Oblomov's Dream," (1857) by Goncharov. In The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader. Viking Penguin, 1993, pp. 282-91 and 293-333.
11Serfdom in LiteratureAfanasyev, Aleksandr. "Ivan the Simpleton," and "Shemiaka the Judge." In Russian Fairy Tales. Pp. 142-45 and 625-27.

Gibian, George, ed. "Kurolesov," (1856) by Sergei Aksakov and "The Story of How One Peasant," (1869) by Saltykov-Shchedrin. In The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader. Viking Penguin, 1993, pp. 241-73 and 608-15.
12Alexander II and the Great ReformsEklof, Ben, et. al., eds. "Autocracy and the Reforms of 1861-1874," by Larissa Zakharova and "The Year of Jubilee," by Daniel Field. In Russia's Great Reforms. Pp. 19-57.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Toward the Rule of Law," by Wortman and "Manifesto Emancipating the Serfs (1861)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 316-27 and 340-44.

Discussion in Kaiser and Marker, pp. 430-35.
13The Radicalization of the IntelligentsiaHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 263-85 and 345-66.

"The Catechism of a Revolutionary," and "Demands of Narodnaia Volia." In Imperial Russia. Edited by Dmytryshyn, pp. 350-63.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Figner (1881)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 383-88.
14Village Life after the Great ReformsCracraft, James, ed. "Hidden Russia (1851)," by Herzen and "Mackenzie Wallace (1877)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 329-40 and 344-58.

Frank, Stephen P. "Popular Justice, Community and Culture Among the Russian Peasantry, 1870-1900."

Chekhov. "The Peasants."
15Reaction and Counter-revolutionCracraft, James, ed. "Towards the Police State," by Pipes, "The Failure of Reform," by Pearson, "Manifesto of Alexander III (1881)," and "Reflections (1896)," by Pobedonostsev. In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 360-83 and 388-97.

"Pobedonostsev's Criticisms of Modern Society." In Imperial Russia. Edited by Dmytryshyn, pp. 382-399.
16Empire-BuildingHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 367-97.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Gorchakov Circular (1864)," and "Urusov on Russian Antisemitism (1907)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 410-11 and 420-37.
17War and Peace in the CaucasusTolstoy, Leo. Hadji Murad. 1904, p. 125.
18Late Imperial RussiaCracraft, James, ed. "The Government's Role," by Kahan, "Nobility in Crisis," by Hamburg, "Fragmented Middle Ranks," by Rieber and "Life Among the High Nobility," by Ignatieff. In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 441-53, 490-504 and 520-58.
19Workers' LivesCracraft, James, ed. "The Labor Force," by Bonnell, "Life in a Textile Mill (1890s)," by Pavlov and "Radical Worker (1879-1896)," by Kanatchikov. In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 454-68, 479-89 and 528-48.

Gorky. "Twenty-Six Men (1899)." In The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader. Edited by George Gibian. Viking Penguin, 1993, pp. 616-29.
20The Revolutions of 1905Hosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 398-423.

Cracraft, James, ed. "The Tsar's October Manifesto (1905)," "Father Gapon (1905)," and "Lenin (1905)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 593-95, 596-602, 595-96 and 600-604.

Freeze. From Supplication to Revolution, pp. 197-206, 239-40, 245-49, 258-63 (top), 264-65, 268-71, 274-77, 278-80, 290-92 and 302-3.
21The Constitutional MonarchyHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 424-49.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Stolypin," by Schapiro and "Guchkov (1913)." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 613-18 and 633-43.

Dissolution of the Second Duma, June 3, 1907.

Dmytryshyn. "Rasputin." In Imperial Russia, pp. 479-90.
22World War IHosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 449-52.

Cracraft, James, ed. "Last Act," by Rogger. In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 619-33.

"Durnovo's Memorandum," and documents on Russia in WWII in Imperial Russia. Edited by Dmytryshyn, pp. 491-521.

Web link on World War I
23The End of an EraDune, Eduard. Notes of a Red Guard. Part I. Edited by Diane Koenker, and S. A. Smith. Univ. of Illinois Press, 1993.
24The Revolutions of 1917Hosking, Geoffrey. Russia: People and Empire. Harvard UP, 1997, pp. 453-81.

Cracraft, James, ed. "de Basily on Nicholas II's abdication." In Major Problems in the History of Imperial Russia. Lexington, Mass.: D. C. Heath, 1994, pp. 643-60.

Dmytryshyn. "Abdication of Nicholas II and Grand Duke Michael." Pp. 524-25.
25MemoirsFitzpatrick, Sheila, and Yuri Slezkine, eds. In the Shadow of Revolution: Life Stories of Russian Women from 1917 to the Second World War. Pp. 33-65, 82-88.
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