HIB064n Lenin's Russia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Libor Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Libor Svoboda, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 18:00–19:40 B2.42
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
Course objectives
The course focuses on the history of Russia and Eastern Europe from the fall of the tsarist regime to Lenin's death. Part of the course is acquaintance with the origin and rise of the communist movement.
Learning outcomes
Gain a basic orientation in the history of Eastern Europe and Russia in the first decades of the twentieth century and at the same time the ability to put these events into a broader context.
Syllabus
  • Russia in   18.-19. century, Russia during the reign of the last tsar, the origin and beginnings of the Russian socialist movement, revolution 1905, Russia in the First World War, Lenin's activities in emigration, February revolution, Provisional government, November coup in 1917, war communism, origin CZECH REPUBLIC, civil war, wars for the reunification of former Russian territories, the emergence of III. Internationals and efforts to spread communism outside Russia, the crisis of war communism, the NEP, the emergence of the USSR, stabilization of conditions, Lenin's disease, death and the struggle for his succession.
Literature
  • PIPES, Richard: Russia under the Bolshevik Regime. New York 1994.
  • SERVICE, Robert. Lenin : životopis. Translated by Pavel Vereš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 496 s. ISBN 8072034154. 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
  • PIPES, Richard. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Translated by Hana Gopaulová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 396 s. ISBN 8072030817. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
coloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
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