One historian of Russia, Gregory Carleton, has spoken of the history of Russia as a “story of war.” How have war and cultures of militarism shaped Russian history and culture? How has Russia at war shaped global politics through the ages? Russia is one of the world’s imperial nations, meaning that its national identity centers its powers of expansion and domination. In our examination of Russia’s “story of war” we will include the accounts of peoples who have experienced Russia’s military and imperial aggression, and we will compare these accounts with Russian perspectives. Graded on A-F basis only.