Department of the History of Russian Social Movements and Political Parties

Detailed information

Department Head: Professor L.S.Leonova.

The main fields of research and specialization for students of the department are as follows:

• The Origin and Development of Political Parties in Russia

• Conservative Trends in Social and Political Movements in Russia

• Russian Liberalism

• Russian Social Democracy

• Traditions of Socialism in Russia

• The History of Youth Movements in Russia

• The History of Russian Social and Political Thought

• Political Culture and Political Ideology

• The History of Political Studies

• The History of Russian Emigre Communities in the Twentieth Century

• Development of a Multiparty System in Contemporary Russia

• Alternative Models of Economic Development of the USSR and Contemporary Russia

• Source Studies of the History of Political Parties

• Historiography of the History of Political Parties