RUSS 38.23 Imagining Siberia

This course examines the geographical and cultural space of Siberia through literature, film, journalistic, historical and scholarly writing. Among its central themes are the colonization of Siberia, integration of indigenous Siberians into Russian life; indigenous political and environmental activism; Siberia as a place of exile (imperial and Soviet); Siberia as a site of socialist construction; the effect of industrial development on ecology, indigenous practices, as well as Siberia’s wider population; climate change.

Cross Listed Courses

NAIS 30.27

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:SOC; WCult:NW

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