Tutor: David Truman
2025 is the third year of a three-year course covering the entire sweep of Russian history. In Term 1 we began at the Bolshevik Revolution and went up to Stalin's purges. In Term 3 we look at the dissident movement, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the coming of Mikhail Gorbachev, ideas for future direction of the Soviet Union, the fall of communism, environmental legacies of the USSR, and the beginning of post-communist Russia.
Venue: 232 Adelaide St
Tuesday 1.30pm - 2.45pm. Classes start 15 July, finish 16 September.
Cost: $50 (prepaid), 10 weeks
Current Enrolments: 33 (maximum 45)
Notes, presentations and videos will be provided.
About the Tutor:
David Truman has an honours degree from ANU in Russian Language and Literature and Political Science. He has spent extensive time in Russia in five visits, most recently for three weeks in mid-2019. David has also been to Indonesia at least six times since 2002, and has travelled through most of Java, Bali and also North Sulawesi in 2019 and 2020. At U3A he has tutored Russian language, history, literature and culture since 2004, and has been facilitating an Indonesian class since 2020. He is keenly interested in history and changes in society, and enjoys bushwalking, nature and classical music. He has a daughter and four grandchildren.If you are a U3A Brisbane member you may enrol in this class online using the Enrol button below. You will be asked to provide your membership number and name for identification.
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