Department of Russian History of the 20th Century . ... The department incorporates the Laboratory on the History of Interethnic Relations and Interethnic Policy, headed by Associate Professor Dr. A.I.Vdovin. ... Revolutionary Events in 1917, the Establishment of Soviet Power in Russia, the Formation of the New State and its Economic, Social and Cultural Policies . ... Political, Social and Cultural Development of Soviet Society; the Economic Policy of the USSR in the late 1960s - early 1980s . ...