| Code |
16721
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
TP(45H)
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| Scientific area |
Ciência Política e Relações Internacionais
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Entry requirements |
N.A.
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Learning outcomes |
Students should know the political and social conditions of the creation of the USSR, the ideological features of everyday life in the USSR and the main reasons for the collapse of the USSR. Students should distinguish the regional characteristics of the post-Soviet republics, understand the political, economic and ideological features of the development of the post-Soviet republics. The student should choose one of the post-Soviet republics for a more in-depth study of the social, cultural, and political structure of this state.
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Syllabus |
1. Living in the Soviet Union: political, cultural, daily life.
2. International relations between the former Soviet republics, of regional
organizations and cooperating blocs.
3. Ukraine, Russian Federation, Belarus, Moldova: history of political and cultural
relations. Military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.
4. Baltic countries: break with the Soviet Union, politics and culture, being part of
the European Union.
5. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan: features of the countries of the Caucasus region
6. Post-Soviet space in Central Asia, the specifics of politics, religion and culture.
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Main Bibliography |
Annus, E. Soviet postcolonial studies: a view from the western borderlands.
Routledge. 2017.
Dadabaev T. Identity and Memory in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Uzbekistan's Soviet
Past. Routledge. 2016.
Dragoman D. Political transformation in Moldova: How citizens evaluate past and
future. Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest. 2015/1(N° 46), pp. 79 -109.
Edele M., & Friedman, R. (2022). Elements in Soviet and Post-Soviet History: A
Contribution to Decolonizing Soviet History. ASEEES Newsnet 62, no. 4: 16.
Fish M.S., Gill G., Petrovic M. A Quarter Century of Post-Communism Assessed.
Palgrave Macmillan. 2017.
Shaffer B. Foreign Policies of the States of the Caucasus: Evolution in the Post-
Soviet Period. Uluslararasi Iliskiler, Volume 7, No 26. 2010. p. 51-65.
Schlögel K. The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World. Princeton
University Press, 2023.
Thibault H. Transforming Tajikistan: State-building and Islam in Post-Soviet
Central Asia. I.B.TAURIS. 2018.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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