Course code

AIE6009.HT

old course code

AIE6009

Course title in Estonian

Eesti uusaeg

Course title in English

Modern History of Estonia

ECTS credits

6.0

Assessment form

Examination

lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester

Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.

Course aims

Political and economic history of Estonia from 1550-1917

Brief description of the course

Estonian political and economic history in 1550-1800. Northern War and Russian rule. Administrative division, provincial government, classes in the Baltic region. Legal order and system of courts. Population, agrarian conditions, trade and industry. Estonia in 1801-1917. Peasant reforms at the beginning of the 19th century. Enlighteners and estophiles during the 1st half of the 19th century. Estonian social and economic development during the 2nd quarter of the 19th century. National awakening and national movement growth in 1857-1883. Modernising Estonia. Russification reforms in the 1880-1890’s. New national movement increase. First Russian Revolution and First World War.

Learning outcomes in the course

Upon completing the course the student:
Omandatakse baasteadmised Eesti poliitilisest, kultuuri- ja majandusajaloost uusajal ning valmisolek vastavateks edasisteks õpinguteks.

Teacher

Helena Sepp, MA

Prerequisite course 1

Main Problems of Estonian History (AIE6044.HT)

Study programmes containing that course

History (AIAJB/11.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11_1.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11_2.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/11.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10_2.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/10_1.HT)
History (AIAJB/10.HT)
Humanities (KKHB/09.HT)
History (AIAJB/09.HT)
History (AIAJB/08.HT)
History (AIAJB/07.HT)
History (AIAJB/06.HT)
History (AIAJB/05.HT)
History (AIAJB/04.HT)
History (AIAJB/00.HT)