31 – Russia’s Large Territory in Asia: A History Review of the Russian Imperial Expansion
Instructor
Ning Chia
Ning Chia came from Beijing, China with an undergraduate education in history. She received an M.A. from Illinois State University and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University. She was a history professor at Central College in Pella, Iowa for 31 years before joining the ISU OLLI teaching team in fall 2022.
One week: Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025
Cost: $25
9 – 10:30 a.m. CT
Class limit 55+
Online with Zoom
Course Description
This course will briefly describe the history of Romanov Russia’s expansion (1613-1917). It will explain why 75% of the Russian population today lives in European Russia (West of the Ural Mountains), but 75% of the Russian territory is in the Asian continent (Siberia and the Far East). The course will also address the issues of Russia’s cultural and ethnic diversity based on imperial Russia’s territorial encroachment.