FF:HIB031b Nicholas II and Rasputin - Course Information

HIB031b Nicholas II and his friend Rasputin. The Crisis and the Collapse of Imperial Russia

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

doc. PhDr. Radomír Vlček, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Radomír Vlček, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• History (programme FF, B-HI_) (4)

Course objectives

An analysis of the political, economic and social situation of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Russian affairs within the wider imperial and European context and the everyday life of Russian society. The aim is to identify the roots of the Russian way of thinking at the threshold of the 19th and 20th centuries, its manifestations in politics and everyday life, and to reflect the causes and conditions of the fact that in the early-20th-century Russia a specific form of mysticism played a significant role.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Analyse the political, economic and social situation of Russia at the turn of the 20th century; describe the expansionist policies of the Russian Empire; characterize the position of Russia in the European and international context; understand Russian political thought at the turn of the 20th century and identify its manifestations in everyday life.

Syllabus

• 1) References and sources for the history of Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th century
• 2) Russia in the period of reforms and opposite to reform
• 3) Loris-Melikov and his "constitution"
• 4) Russian conservatism
• 5) expansionism of Russian Empire
• 6) Life of Tsar Nicholas II
• 7) Russia in international politics at the turn of the 19th and 20th century
• 8) Russian messianism
• 9) Grigori Rasputin
• 10) Revolution 1905-1907
• 11) Russia in World War
• 12) The year 1917 in Russia

Literature

• Reinterpreting Russia. Edited by Geoffrey Hosking and Robert Service. London, Sydney, Aucland 1999.
• Henry Troyat, Rasputin. Praha 2009.
• Peter Waldron, The End of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917. London 1997.
• Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia. New York, Oxford 2000.
• GILBERT, Felix and David Clay LARGE. Konec evropské éry : dějiny Evropy 1890-1990. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003, 654 s. ISBN 8020408878. info
• RADZINSKIJ, Èdvard Stanislavovič. Rasputin. Translated by Vlasta Tafelová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2002, 465 s. ISBN 802040936X. info
• FIGES, Orlando. Lidská tragédie : ruská revoluce 1891-1924. Translated by Daria Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: BETA-Dobrovský & Ševčík, 2000, 837 s. ISBN 807291006X. info
• VEBER, Václav. Mikuláš II. a jeho svět : (Rusko 1894-1917). Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 505 s. ISBN 8071847933. info
• FRANKENSTEIN, Norbert von. Rasputin : ďábel v mnišské kutně? Translated by Jindřich Buben. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2000, 190 s. ISBN 8072031090. info
• PIPES, Richard. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Translated by Hana Gopaulová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 396 s. ISBN 8072030817. info
• RADZINSKIJ, Èdvard Stanislavovič. Poslední car : zavraždění Mikuláše II. a jeho rodiny. Translated by Anna Nováková - Vlasta Tafelová. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1993, 408 s. ISBN 8020404112. info

Teaching methods

lectures, class discussion

Assessment methods

colloquim

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: every week.

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