Course on Russian Cities

[Benjamin Rifkin]

Dear SEELANGers:

I am preparing a course about Russian cities. The course will be taught on
two levels, in English translation for lower-level students and in Russian
for upper-level students.

I would like to include readings in both fiction and non-fiction as well as
films.  I have plenty of material for Moscow and St. Petersburg, but would
be eager to hear your suggestions for readings or films about the cities of
the Golden Ring, Novgorod, Nizhnii Novgorod, Ekaterinburg, Samara, Saratov,
Sochi,Volgograd, Murmansk, Arkhangel'sk, Petrozavodsk, Rostov-na-Donu,
Novosibirsk, Chelyabinsk, Ufa, Briansk, Tomsk, Irkutsk, Khabarovsk,
Vladivostok, Nakhodka, and or any other cities of interest.

Topics of interest within the study of the city in Russia include:

Geography / location
History (incl name changes)
Demographic Trends
Cultural and Historical Landmarks
Social relations (including crime)
Ethnography
Industry / Energy / Economy / Trade (both domestic and international)
Environment and Environmental Concerns / Problems
Problems / Challenges
Resources

There are many other topics that could be considered, of course, but this is
a one-semester course and there are many cities to take up.

This course will be cross-listed with Geography & Urban Studies.

With thanks to all,

Ben Rifkin

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Benjamin Rifkin
Vice Dean and Professor of Russian
College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
1206 Anderson Hall, 1114 W. Berks Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
voice: 215.204.1816; fax 215.204.3731
www.temple.edu/fgis/rifkin

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