HIA248 A Transformation of Russia from Gregory Rasputin too Joseph Stalin.

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Radomír Vlček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Wed 15:00–16:35 B21
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
Course objectives
At the end of the course students will: have a broader and more solid understanding of key aspects of the transformations during the development of the Russian state and society between the end of the 19th century and the start of the Second World War, trying especially to explore the process of the formation, development and manifestations of Russian radical social thought, which originated in the 19th century and culminated in the first decades of the 20th century. The course focuses especially on the formation and manifestations of the Russian Marxism, Leninism and Stalinism, concentrating therefore on the roots, course, and effects of Russian revolutions, especially that of 1905-1907, and the Revolution of 1917. The course also aims at understanding the impact of political changes on the development of Russian society and its everyday life.
Syllabus
  • Formation of the Russian opposition – from the raznochintsy to radical
  • Russian anarchism, nihilism and the Narodniki; early Marxism
  • Russian liberalism and its comparison to Western European liberalism
  • Conservatism during the reign of Alexander III and Nicholas II
  • The revolution of 1905-1907
  • Sergei Witte and Pyotr Stolypin – a solution of the crisis?
  • Russia during and after World War I
  • The revolution of February 1917
  • The revolution of October 1917
  • Lenin and the sovietization of the Russian political system
  • Stalin and his epigones in the 1920’s and 1930’s
  • Soviet society in the 1920’s and the 1930’s
Literature
  • MALIA, Martin E. Sovětská tragédie : dějiny socialismu v Rusku v letech 1917-1991. Translated by Pavel Vereš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2004, 566 s. ISBN 8072035665. info
  • SEBAG MONTEFIORE, Simon. Stalin : na dvoře rudého cara. Translated by Pavel Vereš. Vyd. 1. Praha: BETA, 2004, 757 s. ISBN 8073061600. info
  • BERDJAJEV, Nikolaj Aleksandrovič. Ruská idea :základní otázky ruského myšlení 19. a počátku 20. století. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2003, 247 s. ISBN 80-7298-069-6. info
  • SERVICE, Robert. Lenin : životopis. Translated by Pavel Vereš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 496 s. ISBN 8072034154. info
  • SOLONEVIČ, Ivan Lukjanovič. Koncentrační tábor: Rusko. Translated by Kateřina Jánská. 2. vyd., (v tomto překladu. V Praze: Bystrov a synové, 2000, 357 s. ISBN 80-85980-20-7. info
  • PIPES, Richard. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Translated by Hana Gopaulová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 396 s. ISBN 8072030817. info
  • ŠVANKMAJER, Milan. Dějiny Ruska. 3. dopl. a přeprac. vyd. Praha: Lidové noviny, 1995, 558 s. ISBN 80-7106-183-2. info
Teaching methods
One 1.5 hour lectures per week
Assessment methods
Successful completion of the course requires the submission of a written essay and passing the final oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
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