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!

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.

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.

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)

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 ...

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Enjoyed immensely professor Kenez's scholarly lectures!

The course was really enlightening. I enjoyed it.

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I only got six minutes in to the literal first video when the professor began extolling "the greatness of European civilization." That was after completely missing the point of the oft-quoted phrase "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat this." I don't need this kind of energy in my life.

i thought this was going to be a course which deeply goes into the russian history and how everything took place rather it was a course discussing theories of what happened. I am at beginners level and i wanted a course with more depth in history

I just wanted to share my gratitude to Coursera, for one, given the possibility to people from anywhere in the world to be able to do this this course online, and two, for the amazing opportunity to learn with Professor Peter Kenez. Despite the present events, I am a person in love with Russia's culture and the country. I have been there, read many books about it, and part of my photo work is about Russia, so I can only say that it was wonderful to be able to learn more about this country that is not only what Putin is doing at this moment, but a country that has an amazing cultural background, a phenomenal history and a huge presence that reaches all places in our globe. Professor Peter Kenez is a marvelous educator and his charisma and knowledge are superb. The last class of this course brought tears to my eyes. Professor, THANK YOU!

The course has given me a better understanding of Russian history during the past century, and even more importantly, of Russia’s present day situation. Professor Kenez is a very endearing teacher who brings soul into his subject. I have a suggestion, which is to document the very interesting iconography used in the lessons : I wish the texts, when applicable, had been translated from Russian and some legends written, indicating time, place or circumstances, as appropriate. Same thing for the pieces of music introducing and closing each lesson, I would have liked to know what they were. Also, could the words and names in Russian be written on the screen as they are spoken?