RJ1075 History of Russia - Seminář 1

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. et Mgr. Aneta Čermáková (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mgr. Simona Koryčánková, Ph.D.
Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Helena Rytířová
Supplier department: Department of Russian Language and Literature – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites
General awareness of European history at the level of the requirements of secondary schools.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This is a survey course of Russian History from prehistory times to the 18th s.Its aim is to provide part of the cultural background necessary for those intending to be become Russian language teachers, as well as to serve as an introduction and foundation for further studies in Russian culture and literature.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to understand and interpret Russian history from the earliest times of Eastern Slavs to the end of the Romanov dynasty in a European context. He will also be able to include the historical events of the period in the context of the development of Russian literature and explain the influence of some events on the development of Russian language and culture.
Syllabus
  • Content of seminars
  • 1. The origin of Kyiv Russia (Varjagov and first princes Oleg, Igor, Olga and Svjatoslav). Kyiv Russian and the Byzantine Empire.
  • 2. High Peak of Kyiv Russians (the government of Jaroslav Moudrje, the dissolution of the Kyiv Russians (Prince Vladimir Monomach), the culture of the KR
  • 3. The period of feudal fragmentation, Novgorod Veliký, Alexandr Nevsky, Vladimiro - Suzdal and Gallicko - the Volynian principality. Tataro - Mongolian yoke and its consequences for the Russians, the Golden Horde in the 13th - 15th centuries
  • 4. The Moscow Principality, the struggle for independence, the Battle of Kulikov The end of the Russian dependence on the Golden Horde, Ivan III. Russia's reunification
  • 5. Moschevsk Rus, predecessor Ivan IV., Government of Ivan IV., His reform, oparičnina
  • 6. The end of the rule of Ivan IV., The main features of internal and external politics, the government of Fjodor I., Boris Godunov
  • 7. Russia at the turn 16th and 17th centuries Smuta Ljedmitri I. and Ljedmitri II
  • 8. The government of the first Romanovce Michal I., the counselors and assistants of Michael I., Alexei I, the attachment of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnicky
  • 9. The Orthodox Church and Patriarch Nikon. Church
  • 10. Petr I., family circumstances, childhood and ascension to the throne, great message across Europe, window to Europe.
  • 11. Reforms of Peter I. in Economy, Government, Military. Foreign Policy of Peter I, Northern War. Cultural transformations for Peter I., development of science and technology.
  • 12. Coups and female rulers after the death of Peter the Great; Catherine II. – foreign policy, culture, philosophy, peasant war (Yemelyan Pugacev).
Literature
    recommended literature
  • TÉRA, Michal. Kyjevská Rus : dějiny - kultura - společnost. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2019, 721 stran. ISBN 9788074654138. info
  • VYDRA, Zbyněk, Michal ŘOUTIL, Jitka KOMENDOVÁ, Kateřina HLOUŠKOVÁ and Michal TÉRA. Dějiny Ruska. Vydání první. Praha: NLN, Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2017, 499 stran. ISBN 9788074223242. info
  • PUTNA, Martin C. Obrazy z kulturních dějin ruské religiozity. Vydání první. Praha: Vyšehrad, 2015, 335 stran. ISBN 9788074295348. info
  • Svatí a hříšníci : staroruská literatura 11.-12. století. Edited by Michal Téra. Červený Kostelec: Pavel Mervart, 2015, 277 stran. ISBN 9788074651649. info
  • FLORJA, Boris Nikolajevič. Církevní rozkol a slovanský svět. Translated by Michal Téra. [Červený Kostelec]: Pavel Mervart, 2014, 187 stran. ISBN 9788074650970. info
  • Dějiny Ruska 20. století. Edited by Andrej Borisovič Zubov. Vydání první. Praha: Argo, 2014, 949 stran. ISBN 9788025709214. info
  • ŠVANKMAJER, Milan. Dějiny Ruska. 6., dopl. vyd. Praha: NLN Nakladatelství lidové noviny, 2010, 601 s. ISBN 9788074220265. info
  • ŠVANKMAJER, Milan. Petr I. : zrození impéria. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1999, 322 s. ISBN 8071063010. info
Teaching methods
Online course - self-studing and reading of materials and literature. Consultation with a lecturer.
Assessment methods
Creating of a reflection essay - comparing of a views of Russian history in different sources.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: v kombinovaném studiu 12 hodin.
Teacher's information
Specific information about finishing of the course will be placed in the study materials.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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