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Ivan the Terrible in Russian Cinema
Filipčenko, Kamilya ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Leshkova, Olga (referee)
(in English): The focus of this work is a depiction of tsar Ivan the Terrible and his government in Russian films. The interest in the historical figure of the first Russian tsar has been persisting among filmmakers since the beginning of cinematography in Russia. This is the most complex and interesting, but also one of the cruellest characters in world history. Over the years the image of Ivan the Terrible was transforming in motion pictures, so for the analysis of this change were selected films from different periods of Russian history - tsarist, soviet, and current time. The theme is understood from a diachronic perspective. Additionally, this work is examining the historical context in which the filmmakers were located and the external influences that acted on them and their work. As this work will show most of the selected films held a negative stand on the image of the tsar Ivan the Terrible. Only during Stalin's era, the image of the Muscovite's ruler has been changed in many ways to suit the ideological requirements of that time.
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Image of Foreigner in Moscovian Texts about Time of Troubles of 17th Century
Leshkova, Olga ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Čermák, Václav (referee)
The objective of the master's thesis is to analyze the image of foreigners in Moscovian texts written during the Time of Troubles and soon after it in early 17th century. The thesis will also focus on the perception of foreign influence on political and cultural development of Russian state and society. Due to the fact that the perception of foreigners in Muscovite Russia can be regarded in many aspects as a result of traditional religious and historical thinking concepts which had been widespread in the country by the end of the 16th century, we will pay particular attention to the formation of medieval Moscovian thinking. By means of discourse and comparative analysis we will try to fulfil the following goals: 1) to study the religious and historical thinking formation process in medieval Russia up to the beginning of the 17th century; 2) to analyze various specific features of Moscovian texts from early 17th century in terms of foreigners' perception; 3) to put the issue of foreigners' perception into a wider cultural and historical context, especially with regard to appropriate literature and thinking tradition. This study is based on Moscovian texts of different nature, which reflect the Time of Troubles. We also use a wide range of appropriate secondary literature. Key Words: Time of...
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The conception of the Soviet period in Russian school textbooks after 2000
Šolle, Cyril ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Leshkova, Olga (referee)
The main focus of this work is the interpretation of soviet period in contemporary Russian historic textbooks. The text describes the evolution of textbooks and the politics of Russian government in the field of historical education. I am also mentioning the previous periods - the 90s and glasnost. The theme is understood from diachronic perspective. As the work shows the development between these periods can be relatively conclusively defined. After the plurality of historical interpretations in the glasnost period and the 90s there is a shift under the patronage of Putin that tends to unify the textbook's interpretations and points out their socializing (meaning identification) role with the help of patriotic interpretations of historical events. I examined the textbooks with the help of narrative analysis, this analysis is explained in more detail in the first segment of the work. Narrative analysis is used in a way that points out the development mentioned earlier - with help of Hayden White's method I examined potential of socialization in the textbook's interpretations, that grows stronger with the changes that took place after the year 2000. The next method of narrative analysis, which highlights the role of individual characters in the story, allowed me to point out the aspect seemingly common for...
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The Cossack Myth and Its Role in Shaping of Russian Historical Consciousness of the 19th Century
Kokuňková, Adriana ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Leshkova, Olga (referee)
The diploma thesis aims to map the transformation of the image of the Cossacks in the works of key Russian historians of the 19th century and early 20th century. Formulating the topic, the author assumes that the Cossacks played an extremely important role in shaping the concept of Russian history in the 19th century - the era of modern, scientific historical research in the Russian environment. Analysing the Cossack myth, author focuses on the remarkable fact that Russian 19th century and early 20th century historiography with Cossacks its specific leaders (leaders of the Cossack uprisings Kryshtof Kosynsky, Severyn Nalyvaiko, Hetmans Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ivan Vyhovsky, Petro Doroshenko, Ivan Mazeppa) associates (sometimes quite contradictory) with historical processes and roles (defense of Orthodoxy, driving forces in the formation of the Russian state, an anarchist, dangerous element disrupting state order, personification of desire for free life or opposition to Tsarist autocracy). The greatest attention will be paid to the two hetmans of the Ukrainian Cossacks - Khmelnytsky and Mazeppa. At the end of the thesis, the author defines the models and long-term tendencies of shaping the image of the Cossacks and their historical role with regard to the existence of various historical schools and at...
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Image of Foreigner in Moscovian Texts about Time of Troubles of 17th Century
Leshkova, Olga ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Čermák, Václav (referee)
The objective of the master's thesis is to analyze the image of foreigners in Moscovian texts written during the Time of Troubles and soon after it in early 17th century. The thesis will also focus on the perception of foreign influence on political and cultural development of Russian state and society. Due to the fact that the perception of foreigners in Muscovite Russia can be regarded in many aspects as a result of traditional religious and historical thinking concepts which had been widespread in the country by the end of the 16th century, we will pay particular attention to the formation of medieval Moscovian thinking. By means of discourse and comparative analysis we will try to fulfil the following goals: 1) to study the religious and historical thinking formation process in medieval Russia up to the beginning of the 17th century; 2) to analyze various specific features of Moscovian texts from early 17th century in terms of foreigners' perception; 3) to put the issue of foreigners' perception into a wider cultural and historical context, especially with regard to appropriate literature and thinking tradition. This study is based on Moscovian texts of different nature, which reflect the Time of Troubles. We also use a wide range of appropriate secondary literature. Key Words: Time of...
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Image of Boris Godunov and His Reign in Historical Narrations on Time of Troubles in 1st Half of 17th Century
Steinbergerová, Petra ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Leshkova, Olga (referee)
The main topic of the thesis is an investigation of the image of Boris Godunov and his reign in sources of selected Russian historical narrations on the Time of Troubles of the first half of the 17th century. The thesis pays attention to the historical sources and describes selected literary texts and their authors. It also uses relevant secondary literature to briefly describe the period of the turn of the 16th and the 17th centuries. This period, also known as the Time of Troubles, became a phenomenon, which remarkably went down in history and became a topic not only for contemporaries, but also for the next generation of scientists. Based on given literary texts the work afterwards describes the characteristics of Boris Godunov and defines particular turning points of his activity at the court and of his own reign, which we can encounter in historical narrations. Key words Boris Godunov, Time of Troubles, Pretenders, Ivan IV Vasilyevich, Fyodor I Ivanovich, Russia, Ivan Timofeyev, Avraamy Palitsyn
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