Beginning with Medieval princes, study the major historical developments that shaped Russian history. Discover the roots of Russian Church music, the effect of European influence, and the development of Russian music and art under the Rurik and Romanov Tsars. We’ll examine architecture, folk art, and the key contributions of Russian authors Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, and Tolstoi. We conclude with the gorgeous works of the Ballets russes and the rise of revolutionary art and music in the early Soviet period.
Module 1 | Russia and the West | |
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Unit 1 | Video 1 | |
Unit 2 | Module 1 Gallery | |
Unit 3 | Terms, Figures, Places | |
Unit 4 | Exercises in the Cyrillic Alphabet | |
Unit 5 | Assignment: Russia and the West | |
Module 2 | Orthodox Music and Art | |
Unit 1 | Features of Orthodoxy | |
Unit 2 | Video 2 | |
Unit 3 | Transliteration Practice 2 | |
Unit 4 | Cyrillic Transliteration Practice: The Olympics | |
Unit 5 | 2: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 6 | Assignment: Orthodox Singing | |
Unit 7 | Quiz: Modules 1-2 | |
Module 3 | The Riuriks | |
Unit 1 | Video 3 | |
Unit 2 | Riurik Gallery | |
Unit 3 | Transliteration Practice 3 | |
Unit 4 | 3: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 5 | Assignment: The Riuriks | |
Module 4 | The Early Romanovs | |
Unit 1 | Video 4 | |
Unit 2 | Early Romanov Gallery | |
Unit 3 | 4: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 4 | Assignment: Peter the Great | |
Unit 5 | Quiz: Modules 3-4 | |
Module 5 | The Tsarinas | |
Unit 1 | Video 5 | |
Unit 2 | 5: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: Anna and Elizabeth | |
Module 6 | Catherine the Great | |
Unit 1 | Video 6 | |
Unit 2 | 6: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: Catherine the Great | |
Unit 4 | Mid-Term Test | |
Module 7 | Napoleonic Russia and Folk Art | |
Unit 1 | Video 7 | |
Unit 2 | 7: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: Napoleonic Invasion and Folk Art | |
Module 8 | Pushkin | |
Unit 1 | Video 8 | |
Unit 2 | 8: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: Pushkin | |
Unit 4 | Quiz: Modules 7-8 | |
Module 9 | The Golden Age | |
Unit 1 | Video 9 | |
Unit 2 | 9: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: The Golden Age | |
Unit 4 | Assignment: A Life for the Tsar | |
Module 10 | Russian Realism | |
Unit 1 | Video 10 | |
Unit 2 | 10: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: Russian Realism | |
Unit 4 | Gallery: Vasily Surikov | |
Unit 5 | Gallery: Aivazovsky | |
Unit 6 | Gallery: Nikolay Ge | |
Unit 7 | Gallery: Ilya Repin | |
Unit 8 | Quiz: Modules 9-10 | |
Module 11 | Final Flowering of Imperial Russia and the Ballet Russes | |
Unit 1 | Video 11 | |
Unit 2 | 11: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: Last Flowerings of Imperial Russia | |
Module 12 | The End of Imperial Russia | |
Unit 1 | Video 12 | |
Unit 2 | 12: Terms, Events, Personages, Places | |
Unit 3 | Assignment: The End of Imperial Russia | |
Unit 4 | Review: Modules 7-12 | |
Unit 5 | Final Test Review Sheet | |
Unit 6 | Final Exam | |
Unit 7 | Final Exam Afterword | |
Unit 8 | Course Completion Survey |