RAILS Lessons

The RAILS project has developed a series of 30 lessons. The first series of nine lessons is based on the films Children of Ivan Kuzmich and Solvoky Power by documentary filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya. The second series is based on interviews with prominent Russians. Click on the links to the left to learn more about each series of lessons or to request a license to download the lessons to use in your courses.

I. Series of 9 lessons based on fims by Marina Goldovskaya

Lesson about the filmmaker Marina Goldovskaya:

• The Director and the Films

Lessons based on Marina Goldovskaya's film Children of Ivan Kuzmich:

• The Country and Stalinism

• School 110

• Parents and Children

• Adult Life

Lessons based on Marina Goldovskaya's film Solovky Power:

• About the Camp

• Heroes

• Life in the Camp and After

• About the Film Solovky Power

II. Series of 20 lessons based on inteviews with prominent Russians:

Lessons based on a video-taped interview with Veniamin Smekhov, Russian
actor and director Veniamin Smekhov:

• The Taganka Theater

• Vladimir Vysotsky

• Censorship

Lessons based on a video-taped interview with Maria Tendriakova,
Associate Professor of Social Anthropology, RGGU and Scholar at the
Ethnology and Anthropology Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences:

• Women in Russia

• Problems of Equality

• Russian Orthodox Church

• Nationalities in Russia

Lessons based on a video-taped interview with Irina Khakamada, Russian politician and former Presidential candidate:

• Elections 2004

• The First Stage of Reforms

• The Struggle for Power

• The Putin Era

Lessons based on a video-taped interview with Aleksandr Logunov, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law and History, RGGU:

• Historical Figures

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Khrushchev and the Cold War

• Khrushchev and the Thaw

Capstone RAILS lessons:

• Interview with Sergei Khrushchev, son of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev; Senior Fellow, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University

• Interview with Sergei Enikolopov, Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology, Center for Psychological Health, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

• Interview with Viktor Loshak, former Editor-in-Chief of Ogonek

• Interview with Evgenii Aksenov, General Director, Energetika Main Computing Center

• Interview with Aleksandr Asmolov, Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Personality, Faculty of Psychology, MGU