Faculty Profile
Olga Velikanova
Title
Professor
Department
History
College
College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
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Wooten Hall237
- velikanova@unt.edu
- Academia.edu
- (940) 369-8114
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Current Scheduled Teaching*
HIST 4335.031, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2024 Syllabus
HIST 6950.705, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2024
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Spring 2024 Syllabus
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Previous Scheduled Teaching*
HIST 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2023
HIST 6950.705, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023
HIST 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2022
HIST 6950.705, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2022
HIST 6940.706, Individual Research, Spring 2022
HIST 6950.726, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021
HIST 6940.735, Individual Research, Fall 2021
HIST 6950.703, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2021
HIST 6940.735, Individual Research, Fall 2020
HIST 6900.726, Special Problems, Fall 2020
HIST 4055.031, The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917, Summer 5W2 2020 SPOT
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2020
HIST 4900.701, Special Problems, Spring 2020
HIST 5040.001, Studies in Modern European History, Spring 2020 Syllabus
HIST 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Fall 2019
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Fall 2019 SPOT
HIST 6900.726, Special Problems, Fall 2019
HIST 4055.001, The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917, Fall 2019 SPOT
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2019 SPOT
HIST 5950.712, Master's Thesis, Spring 2019
HIST 4061.001, Russian Cultural History of the 20th Century, Spring 2019 SPOT
HIST 6940.735, Individual Research, Fall 2018
HIST 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Fall 2018
HIST 4050.001, Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century, Fall 2018 SPOT
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Fall 2018 SPOT
HIST 6900.726, Special Problems, Fall 2018
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2018 SPOT
HIST 4061.001, Russian Cultural History of the 20th Century, Spring 2018 SPOT
HIST 5900.720, Special Problems, Spring 2018
HIST 6900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2018
HIST 5040.001, Studies in Modern European History, Fall 2017 SPOT
HIST 5040.791, Studies in Modern European History, Fall 2017 SPOT
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2017 SPOT
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Spring 2017 SPOT
HIST 6900.716, Special Problems, Spring 2017
HIST 6940.735, Individual Research, Fall 2016
HIST 4900.734, Special Problems, Fall 2016
HIST 5040.002, Studies in Modern European History, Fall 2016 SPOT
HIST 5040.792, Studies in Modern European History, Fall 2016 SPOT
HIST 5900.707, Special Problems, Summer 5W1 2016
HIST 4262.001, Topics in European History, Summer 5W1 2016 SPOT
HIST 6940.726, Individual Research, Spring 2016
HIST 5950.712, Master's Thesis, Spring 2016
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Fall 2015 SPOT
HIST 5900.715, Special Problems, Fall 2015
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2015 Syllabus
HIST 5040.001, Studies in Modern European History, Spring 2015
HIST 5900.807, Special Problems, Summer 5W2 2014
HIST 4262.001, Topics in European History, Summer 3W1 2014 Syllabus
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5950.752, Master's Thesis, Spring 2014
HIST 4055.001, The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917, Spring 2014 Syllabus
HIST 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Fall 2013
HIST 4050.001, Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century, Fall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Fall 2013 Syllabus
HIST 5080.001, Seminar in Modern European History, Fall 2013
HIST 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Summer 5W1 2013
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2013 Syllabus
HIST 5950.752, Master's Thesis, Spring 2013
HIST 4900.735, Special Problems, Spring 2013
HIST 5950.735, Master's Thesis, Fall 2012
HIST 4050.001, Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century, Fall 2012 Syllabus
HIST 4060.001, Russia in the 20th and 21st Centuries, Fall 2012
HIST 5900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2012
HIST 6900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2012
HIST 4260.001, Topics in History, Summer 3W1 2012
HIST 4335.001, Age of Revolutions : Europe : 1700 1918, Spring 2012 Syllabus
HIST 5950.752, Master's Thesis, Spring 2012
HIST 4900.735, Special Problems, Spring 2012
HIST 6900.784, Special Problems, Spring 2012
HIST 5040.001, Studies in Modern European History, Spring 2012
HIST 4055.001, The Russian Empire from 1700 to 1917, Spring 2012 Syllabus
HIST 6940.735, Individual Research, Fall 2011
HIST 4050.001, Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century, Fall 2011 Syllabus
HIST 5900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2011
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Fall 2011 Syllabus
HIST 4951.702, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2011
HIST 6940.726, Individual Research, Spring 2011
HIST 5900.722, Special Problems, Spring 2011
HIST 5900.792, Special Problems, Spring 2011
HIST 6900.712, Special Problems, Spring 2011
HIST 4262.004, Topics in European History, Spring 2011 Syllabus
HIST 4262.005, Topics in European History, Spring 2011 Syllabus
HIST 4050.001, Russia from the 9th to the 19th Century, Fall 2010 Syllabus
HIST 5900.768, Special Problems, Fall 2010
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Fall 2010 Syllabus
HIST 4951.702, Honors College Capstone Thesis, Spring 2010
HIST 5900.722, Special Problems, Spring 2010
HIST 5040.003, Studies in Modern European History, Spring 2010
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Spring 2010
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Spring 2010
HIST 6940.707, Individual Research, Fall 2009
HIST 4050.001, Russia to the Mid Nineteenth Century, Fall 2009
HIST 5900.705, Special Problems, Fall 2009
HIST 4262.004, Topics in European History, Fall 2009
HIST 6940.726, Individual Research, Spring 2009
HIST 5900.722, Special Problems, Spring 2009
HIST 5040.001, Studies in Modern European History, Spring 2009
HIST 4262.002, Topics in European History, Spring 2009
HIST 4262.003, Topics in European History, Spring 2009
HIST 4060.001, Russia from the Mid Nineteenth Century, Fall 2008
HIST 4050.001, Russia to the Mid Nineteenth Century, Fall 2008
HIST 4900.701, Special Problems, Fall 2008
HIST 5900.705, Special Problems, Fall 2008
HIST 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2008
HIST 4050.001, Russia to the Mid Nineteenth Century, Spring 2008
HIST 5900.722, Special Problems, Spring 2008
HIST 5040.004, Studies in Modern European History, Spring 2008
HIST 4262.005, Topics in European History, Spring 2008
HIST 4060.001, Russia from the Mid Nineteenth Century, Fall 2007
HIST 5900.707, Special Problems, Fall 2007
HIST 4262.005, Topics in European History, Fall 2007
* Texas Education Code 51.974 (HB 2504) requires each institution of higher education to make available to the public, a syllabus for undergraduate lecture courses offered for credit by the institution.
Published Publications
Published Intellectual Contributions
Book
Velikanova, O. (2020). Kонституция 1936 года. Политическая культура сталинского общества. Author's Russian translation of "Mass Political Culture under Stalinism",Palgrave, 2018. 360. Moscow: NLO Press. https://www.nlobooks.ru/books/biblioteka_zhurnala_neprikosnovennyy_zapas/22833/
Velikanova, O. (2018). Mass Political Culture under Stalinism. Popular Discussion of the Soviet Constitution of 1936. 253. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319784427#aboutBook
Velikanova, O. V. (2017). Disenchantment of the Dreamers. Soviet Society in the 1920s, Russian language translation of "Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics". 296. Moscow: ROSSPEN. http://www.rosspen.su/ru/catalog/.view/good/978-5-8243-2148-7/
Velikanova, O. V. (2013). Popular Perceptions of Soviet Politics in the 1920s. Disenchantment of the Dreamers.. 280. Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137030740#aboutBook
Velikanova, O. V. (2002). The Myth of the "Besieged Fortress". Soviet Mass Perception in the 1920s-1930s.. 7, 33. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON,: The Stalin‑Era Research and Archives Project. Working Paper, N 7, 2002, CREES. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc174713/?q=velikanova
Velikanova, O. V. (2001). The Public Perception of the Cult of Lenin Based on the Archival Materials </input>. 284. Information The Edwin Mellen Press, 2001, 284 pp. (in Russian); You do not have access to modify this field.The Edwin Mellen Press. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc501442/
Velikanova, O. V. (1996). Making of an Idol: on Uses of Lenin </input>.
Book Chapter
Velikanova, O. (2022). “Soviet Surveillance: Top-down extraction of bottom-up messages”. in Media and Communication from Lenin to Stalin (1917-1941): General Perspective. 417-427. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-88367-6_25
Velikanova, O. V. (2021). “Nominal Democracy in Stalinism. Soviet Constitution of 1936.”. in Planting Parliaments in Eurasia: Lineages, Concepts, and Mythologies, ed. by Ivan Sablin and Egas Moniz Bandeira,. 256-281. London: Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003158608-9/nominal-democracy-stalinism-olga-velikanova
Velikanova, O. (2020). “Stalinist Moderation and the Turn to Repression. Utopianism and Realpolitik in the Mid-1930s.". in The Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution: Illiberal Liberation, 1917-1941. Ed. By James Harris, Peter Whitewood and Lara Douds.. 141-154. Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Velikanova, O. V. (2013). The Peasant Union in the 1920s. The Formation of a Peasant Identity: Modernizing Discourse. Other. 293-310. St. Petersburg,: Nestor-Istoria.
Velikanova, O. V. (2012). Aftermath of the Great Famine: 1922-1923. Other. 83-114. Leipziger Universitatsverlag,.
Velikanova, O. V. (2010). Stalinism in Microhistory of Deconstruction of the State Museum of Revolution: Case Study of Big Politics, 1935-1956. Other. 95-100. St. Petersburg: Norma.
Velikanova, O. V. (2009). Cult of the Leader: Mass Spontaneous Mythology and Official Myth. Other. 15-46. Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences.
Velikanova, O. V. (2007). The Peasant Union Movement: The Quest for the Political Organization of Peasants in the Soviet Union in the 1920s </input>. Other. 91-117. Berlin,: Aufbau-Verlag. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181691/?q=velikanova
Velikanova, O. V. (1998). The Functions of Lenin's Image in Soviet Mass Consciousness </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1989). The Central Bureau of Trade-Unions in Petrograd in 1917 </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1987). The Participation of Lenin's Relatives in Organization of Lenin's Museums </input>.
Book Review
Velikanova, o. (2022). Review on A. Tikhomirov, The Stalin Cult in East Germany, Lexington Books, 2022. Russian Review. 81(4), .
VELIKANOVA, O. V. (2020). Review on Lomb, Samantha, Stalin’s Constitution: Soviet Participatory Politics. London: Routledge, 2018. Russian Review. The Russian Review. Volume79(Issue2), 325-326. Wiley.
Velikanova, O. V. (2017). Chris Miller, The struggle to save the Soviet economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the collapse of the USSR. Other. 70(3), 1032-1033. Economic History Review.
Velikanova, O. V. (2017). Eda Kalmre, Human Sausage Factory in Tartu. (XX), . Folklorica.
Velikanova, O. V. (2013). Review of Katerina Clark, "Moscow.The Fourth Rome. Stalinism, Cosmopolitanism,and the Evolution of Soviet Culture, 1931-1941.". Other. (January 2013), . Amsterdam: ttps://nexus-instituut.nl/en/reviews/197-moscow-the-fourth-rome. https://nexusinstitute.net/
Velikanova, O. V. (2011). Review of Helen Rappaport "Conspirator: Lenin in Exile,".
Velikanova, O. V. (2011). Review of Karen Ryan "Stalin in Satire. 1917-1991.".
Velikanova, O. V. (2002). J. Brooks, Thank You, Comrade Stalin! Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War,. Other. (2004, N 4), 3. Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences.
Velikanova, O. (2002). Review of J. Brooks, Thank You, Comrade Stalin! Soviet Public Culture from Revolution to Cold War, Princeton University Press, 2000. Other. 4(January 2002), .
Broadcast Media
Velikanova, O. V. (2021). Mass Political Culture in Stalinism. (07.28.2021), . Novaia Gazeta. https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2021/07/28/v-glazakh-stalina-obshchestvo-ne-proshlo-test-na-svobodu
Velikanova, O. V. (2021). obshhestvo-pri-staline-i-zapros-na-svobodu (in Russian). (June 4, 2021), . Moscow: https://civiceducation.ru/. https://civiceducation.ru/i-olga-velikanova-i-obshhestvo-pri-staline-i-zapros-na-svobodu/
Velikanova, O. V. (2021). «Обманули самым неслыханным образом» Сталин дал СССР новую конституцию и обещал честные выборы. Почему потом он начал Большой террор? (in Russian). (Aptil 2021), . Internet: Lenta.ru. https://lenta.ru/articles/2021/04/05/stalin_constitution_1936/
Velikanova, O. V. (2020). How Stalin's constitution from 1936 provoked Great Terror (in Russian language). Internet: Proekt.com. https://www.proekt.media/opinion/velikanova-stalinskaya-konstitutsiya/
Critical essay-review on three books
Velikanova, O. V. (2020). “Laughter is a serious matter” in Kritika, Explorations in Russian and Slavic Studies. 21(4), 904–14. Bloomington: Slavica.
Journal Article
Velikanova, O. V. (2020). In Search of a Cultural Code. (47, 2020), 281–297. Leiden: Russian History (Brill).
Velikanova, O. V. (2013). "The First Stalin Mass Operation in the USSR in 1927". 40.1(April 2013), 64-89. Brill. https://www.academia.edu/18047328/The_First_Stalin_Mass_Operation_1927_
Velikanova, O. V. (2006). Image of the Future in Russian Communism. Narratives of the Collective Representations in the 1920s in the USSR </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (2002). The Mythological Dimension in the Perception of Socialism in Soviet Russia. The 1920s and 1930s </input>. Other. 8. University of Wales, Aberystwyth,:.
Velikanova, O. V. (1999). O.Welikanowa "Berichte zur Stimmungslage. Zur den Quellen politischer Beobachtung der Bevolkerung in der Sowjetunion" (Secret Police reports on Public Moods in the USSR as a Historical Source) </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1997). Leader's Image in Mass Consciousness in Nazi Germany and in Soviet Russia </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1994). Lenin's Image in Mass Consciousness
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Velikanova, O. V. (1993). Lenin's Death in Public Opinion </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1993). O.Welikanowa "Der Lenin-Kult in sowjetischen Museen" (The Cult of Lenin in the Soviet Museums) </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1992). The Significance of Lenin's Cult in USSR </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1991). According to the People's Demand... </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1991). O.V.Velikanova under the pen-name G.Grossmann "Sowjetische Historiker bei der Arbeit. Ein personlicher Erfahrungsbericht" (Working as a Historian within the Soviet Framework: Access to Information. A Personal Perspective.) </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1991). Was the First Government Really Soviet? </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1990). Mechanism of Falsification. To the History of the State Museum of the October Revolution </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1989). Lenin's Memorial Hall in the Hermitage in 1924.
Popular Press Article
Velikanova, O. V. (1991). O. Welikanowa "Noch sind die Archive verschlossen" (The Archives are Still Closed) </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1991). O.V.Velikanova, N.Y.Olesich "The History of the Mausoleum-ization" </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1991). O.Welikanowa "Die Arbeit des Sowjetischen Historikers - von innen Gesehen (How the Soviet Historian Works. A Personal Experience) Die Sowjetunion im Umbruch </input>.
Velikanova, O. V. (1990). O.V.Velikanova, N.Y.Olesich "Cult of Leader in the Soviet Museums" </input>.
Awarded Grants
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
Contract
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Publication Grant," Sponsored by Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State, International, $1000 Funded. (2000 – 2000).
Fellowship
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Visiting Fellowship," Sponsored by European University Institute in Florence, Italy, International, Funded. (August 2014 – December 2014).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Leaders' Cults in Dictatorships," Sponsored by F.Ebert-Stiftung, Tübingen University, Germany, International, Funded. (1992 – 1993).
Grant - Research
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Soviet Surveillance in European Perspective," Sponsored by Gerda Henkel Foundation, International, $25000 Funded. (June 2023 – August 2024).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Global Venture Fund," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (March 2023 – August 2023).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Global Venture Fund," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $2000 Funded. (January 2022 – August 2022).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Research Fellowship," Sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, International, $10970 Funded. (October 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021).
VELIKANOVA, O. V., "UNT Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $4900 Funded. (January 2021 – July 2021).
Velikanova, O. V., "Mass Political Culture in Stalinism," Sponsored by Department of History, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (October 2017 – October 2017).
Velikanova, O. V., "Mass Political Culture of Stalinism," Sponsored by UNT Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (May 2017 – October 2017).
Velikanova, O. V. (Other), "Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $10000 Funded. (2013 – 2014).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, Funded. (2010 – 2010).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Junior Research Summer Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, Funded. (2010 – 2010).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Faculty Research Grant," Sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, Funded. (2008 – 2008).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "General Research Grant," Sponsored by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, International, $74000 Funded. (2002 – 2006).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Four General Research Grants," Sponsored by University of Toronto,School of Graduate Studies, Canada, Other, $12000 Funded. (2002 – 2005).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "The Public Perception of the Cult of Lenin (USSR)," Sponsored by Open Society Support Foundation (G. Soros Foundation), Other, Funded. (1998 – 2000).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Popular Perceptions of Leader's Cult," Sponsored by IREX, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, International, Funded. (1998 – 1998).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Image of the Leader in Popular Perception in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union," Sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Tübingen University, Germany, International, Funded. (1995 – 1996).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Popular Perceptions of Leader's Cult," Sponsored by Foundation Maison des Sciences de l´Homme, Paris, France, International, Funded. (1994 – 1995).
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Image of Lenin in the Soviet Mass Consciousness," Sponsored by Central European University Foundation, International, Funded. (1992 – 1994).
Sponsored Research
Velikanova, O. V. (Principal), "Faculty Development Leave," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $22000 Funded. (September 2021 – December 2021).
Velikanova, O. V., "Faculty Development Leave (Fall 2014)," Sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, Funded. (August 2014 – December 2014).
| Overall Summative Rating |
Challenge and Engagement Index |
Response Rate |
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out of 7 |
% of students responded |
- Overall Summative Rating (median):
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- The course content was
- The instructor’s contribution to the course was
- The instructor’s effectiveness in teaching the subject matter was
- Challenge and Engagement Index:
This rating combines student responses to several SPOT items relating to how academically challenging students found the course to be and how engaged they were. Challenge and Engagement Index items include the following (response options include a Likert scale ranging from 7 = Much higher, 4 = Average, and 1 = Much lower):- Do you expect your grade in this course to be
- The intellectual challenge presented was
- The amount of effort you put into this course was
- The amount of effort to succeed in this course was
- Your involvement in course (doing assignments, attending classes, etc.) was