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RUSSIAN LIFE AND CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE AND ART (TO 1917)

LITTRANS 233
Course Description

Prerevolutionary Russian visual arts, architecture, music and cinema; provides an inside view of life in prerevolutionary Russia with the help of selected readings in Russian literature.

Prerequisites

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.53

2.41% from Historical

Completion Rate
94.74%

-0.77% from Historical

A Rate
52.63%

-2.66% from Historical

Class Size
19

-18.33% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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