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Dibs Fall 2026

RUSSN 90A

Introduction to Russian Culture

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to Russian culture and society from earliest times to 1917. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.75
n = 301 · 4 terms · ± 0.031
A range
85%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
7%
100% of those passed
D / F / W
1.7%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Sections offered, with live enrollment and predicted GPA
Section Status Enrolled Seat risk Meets Instructor Predicted GPA
Lec 1 Open
80 of 95
84% full
 could fill TR 12:30pm-1:45pm Pilshchikov, I.
3.75n=301 · this instructor

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 10622S
  • 4023S
  • 8224S
  • 9625S
Enrolment by term: 22S 106, 23S 40, 24S 82, 25S 96
Peak 106 Most recent 96 in 25S 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 189 · 58.3%
  • A 34 · 10.5%
  • A- 32 · 9.9%
  • B+ 14 · 4.3%
  • B 9 · 2.8%
  • B- 10 · 3.1%
  • C 7 · 2.2%
  • C- 1 · 0.3%
  • D 3 · 0.9%
  • F 2 · 0.6%
  • P 22 · 6.8%
  • I 1 · 0.3%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
PILSHCHIKOV, IGOR 3.75 3.75 301 4 85%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term