Spring 2027

Elementary Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture

Elementary special topics course exploring periods, genres, writers, and themes in Russian and Eastern European literature and culture.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Kirill Ospovat3.9/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.80 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.62 GPA, 80.5% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Gain basic knowledge of Russia’s history, literature, performance arts, and films.

  • Develop an ability to interpret politics through a cultural lens

  • Improve academic writing skills beyond the elementary level

  • Place works of literature in their social, historical, and political context

  • Analyze literary texts in their historical and cultural context

  • Integrate information from primary and secondary sources

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266

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Professors

Spring 2027
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Raw average: 4.44/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.63 GPA, 79.4% A/AB (n=63 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

KIRILL OSPOVAT is recorded teaching in Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 300
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 500
LEC 002Classroom Instruction0 / 300

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2024: 3.80 GPA, 96.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.62 GPA, 80.5% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 87.5% A/AB (n=8 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Russian and Eastern European literature
  • Russia’s history, performance arts, and films
  • Social, historical, and political context of literature

Skills

  • Analyzing literary texts in historical and cultural contexts
  • Improving academic writing skills
  • Interpreting politics through a cultural lens
  • Integrating information from primary and secondary sources

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266 · Spring 2027

Elementary Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266 · Spring 2027

Russian Radicals

Recorded 2026-10-14
LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266 · Spring 2027

Enlightenment and Democracy

Recorded 2026-10-14
LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266 · Spring 2027

Elementary Special Topics in Russian Literature & Culture

Recorded 2026-10-14
LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266 · Spring 2027

Russian Radicals

Recorded 2026-10-14
LITTRANS/SLAVIC 266 · Spring 2027

Enlightenment and Democracy

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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