|
|
EEC and CMEA in 1957-1973
Krejčová, Jana ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
The relationship between the European Economic Community and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance went through a major transformation between 1957 and 1973. This thesis argues that the institutional interactions between these two organizations were a logical consequence of their internal development. Both represented a regional economic integration and despite political and ideological differences they have been forced to establish a certain level of cooperation, due to the expanding contacts between the member states. After the signing of the Treaties of Rome, which founded EEC, CMEA refused to recognize de jure the existence of the Community and condemned it as a discriminatory capitalist organization. At the same time the Council passed reforms that were supposed to link its economies and strengthen the cohesion of the Eastern bloc. By adoption of the Statute of 1959, the CMEA established its internal structure and operating principles. The first success of the EEC, the pursuit of its own reforms and the UK application motivated CMEA to revise its attitude to the EEC for the first time. The Soviet leadership tried unsuccessfully to get through a supranational leadership of the CMEA - principle they criticized in the EEC for being discriminatory. After the appointment of de Gaulle as...
|
|
|
To Some Issues Uranium Extraction in Post War Czechoslovakia
Rakouš, Pavel ; Litera, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
Post-war supply of uranium from Czechoslovakia was USSR's fastest way of obtaining the material necessary to catch up on the advantage of USA in the nuclear arms race. The Central European state, outwardly still democratic (although already strongly left- wing at the time), was forced into cooperation by agreement signed in November 1945. Social democratic minister of industry Laušman was the only qualified member of cabinet present at the negotiation. He displayed his ability to oppose the Communists, even though until recently he has been considered an ally to the regime by historians, largely for his positive attidute towards nationalisation. The thesis shows that the Soviets were unable to obtain a monopoly on Czechoslovakian mining according to their wishes, but still dictated the volume of exploitation and the pricing and gradually transformed the joint commision conducting the mining into an official authority. Uranium mining turned into self-reliant industry which became a burden for the state, concealed at first and admitted later. Analysis of data until 1989 proves that the industry was regularly unprofitable. The totalitarian regime kept everything secret. First information became available at the begining of the 1990s, but historiography at the time concerned itself primarily with the...
|
|
|
The first people in space according to Czechoslovak media
Panák, Břetislav ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
This thesis focused on how propaganda was used in the Czechoslovak media and how that directly relatedd to the first people in space. The aim is an analysis of celebrities of Soviet state system including Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova and also John Glenn for comparison. The thesis discusses how these people were promoted and constructed into cult heroes in Eastern, Western and Third World countries. The secondary literature of this subject was not yet analysed and the author wants to use it for further study. The contemporary sources are used in the press - Rude pravo, Mlady svet, Dikobraz, ABC mladych prirodovedcu a techniku and the Ceskoslovensky vojak.
|
|
|
Collective biography of Czechoslovak historiography of year 1934
Sixta, Václav ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with an analysis of symbolic representation of Czechoslovak historiography to year 1934. Its source is primary the Culture Directory from the year 1934, respectively the kvantification of its informations. This informations or profiles are analyzed through categories of position in hieararchy in historography, nationality, lokalization and specialization. According this categories we can see many different ways of creating symbolic representation in our set of historians. The phenomene of change in time and trends we can see by using category of generation, defined objectively every ten years according the date of birth. Thanks variability of categories we can see the plurality of ways of creating symbolic representation. For exact analysis of symbolic representation we use a concept of "field of representations" where the representations make a really exactly defined units. Their complicated struktures create a symbolic representation of whole czechoslovac historiography. By using a kvantification we can see the facts, which are by other method unachievable.
|
|
|
Formation of the image of Soviet Russia in Czechoslovakia between World Wars
Lomíček, Jan ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Jančík, Drahomír (referee)
The image of Soviet Russia in Czechoslovakia between W orld Wars was the result of persona! experiences of the visitors mentioned in their literary works. The amount of places these visitors were able to visit was relatively small and that is why the reality shown in their works is distorted. In some cases such a distorted image was created by the institutions monitoring foreigners in the Soviet territory. It was VOKS (V sesojuznoe obščestvo dlja kuľtumoj svjazi s zagranicej) and the Soviet state travel agency Intourist, to name the most significant of them. Also the writers who tried to present an objective description of the situation in the Soviet Union were often dependent on theoretical information without the possibility to verify their theories in practice. A significant number of left-wing intelectuals considered the dictatorship of the proletariat to be a politi cal vanguard. They sticked to these behefs because they did not have any opportunity to discover the rea! consequences of Bolshevik govemment on the people in the Soviet Union.
|
|
|
External and internal factors of Soviet Union image creation in interwar Czechoslovakia
Lomíček, Jan ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Jančík, Drahomír (referee) ; Křesťan, Jiří (referee)
Jan Lomíček Doctoral thesis External and internal factors of Soviet Union image creation in interwar Czechoslovakia Abstract The doctoral thesis uses both Czechoslovak and foreign archival sources and period sovietica to analyse the most relevant inner and outer factors influencing the creation of a positive image of the Soviet Union in the eyes of interwar Czechoslovak public. On one hand, there were various mechanisms used by the Soviet propaganda. Here we can mention propagandist image of the USSR which was created according to Czechoslovak sympathizers' needs - pictorial periodicals, foreign broadcasting meeting listeners' demands etc. At the same time, the Czechoslovak public adopted the identical categories that were used by the Soviet side to describe the reality, such as work - education - equality - emancipation - freedom - new versus old - civilization - development - growth. Besides common propagandist means the USSR used also the foreigners' visits to confirm its idealized image. The approach to Czechoslovak citizens was improved after the Soviet travel agency Inturist had been launched. This agency should take care of the foreign visitors. However, the interwar travels to the USSR were not too common and frequent, which was caused both by the Soviet byrocracy and costs of such trips. The...
|
|
|
External and internal factors of Soviet Union image creation in interwar Czechoslovakia
Lomíček, Jan ; Štaif, Jiří (advisor) ; Jančík, Drahomír (referee) ; Křesťan, Jiří (referee)
Jan Lomíček Doctoral thesis External and internal factors of Soviet Union image creation in interwar Czechoslovakia Abstract The doctoral thesis uses both Czechoslovak and foreign archival sources and period sovietica to analyse the most relevant inner and outer factors influencing the creation of a positive image of the Soviet Union in the eyes of interwar Czechoslovak public. On one hand, there were various mechanisms used by the Soviet propaganda. Here we can mention propagandist image of the USSR which was created according to Czechoslovak sympathizers' needs - pictorial periodicals, foreign broadcasting meeting listeners' demands etc. At the same time, the Czechoslovak public adopted the identical categories that were used by the Soviet side to describe the reality, such as work - education - equality - emancipation - freedom - new versus old - civilization - development - growth. Besides common propagandist means the USSR used also the foreigners' visits to confirm its idealized image. The approach to Czechoslovak citizens was improved after the Soviet travel agency Inturist had been launched. This agency should take care of the foreign visitors. However, the interwar travels to the USSR were not too common and frequent, which was caused both by the Soviet byrocracy and costs of such trips. The...
|
|
|
The Czechoslovak Ice Hockey Team in Years 1945 - 1969
Švepešová, Alena ; Rákosník, Jakub (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
My Diploma aims to show how political decisions in international context affected sport in Czechoslovakia. By putting events in context it is essential to illustrate the popularity of ice hockey in Bohemia and Czechoslovakia. The purpose of the thesis is to truthfully describe the important milestones of the Czechoslovak ice hockey based on the oral history, archival sources and periodicals. As sport can be perceived as a mirror of the society, it is possible to show how the Czechoslovak society changed from 1945 up to 1969. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
|
|
|
To Some Issues Uranium Extraction in Post War Czechoslovakia
Rakouš, Pavel ; Litera, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
Post-war supply of uranium from Czechoslovakia was USSR's fastest way of obtaining the material necessary to catch up on the advantage of USA in the nuclear arms race. The Central European state, outwardly still democratic (although already strongly left- wing at the time), was forced into cooperation by agreement signed in November 1945. Social democratic minister of industry Laušman was the only qualified member of cabinet present at the negotiation. He displayed his ability to oppose the Communists, even though until recently he has been considered an ally to the regime by historians, largely for his positive attidute towards nationalisation. The thesis shows that the Soviets were unable to obtain a monopoly on Czechoslovakian mining according to their wishes, but still dictated the volume of exploitation and the pricing and gradually transformed the joint commision conducting the mining into an official authority. Uranium mining turned into self-reliant industry which became a burden for the state, concealed at first and admitted later. Analysis of data until 1989 proves that the industry was regularly unprofitable. The totalitarian regime kept everything secret. First information became available at the begining of the 1990s, but historiography at the time concerned itself primarily with the...
|
|
|
EEC and CMEA in 1957-1973
Krejčová, Jana ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Lomíček, Jan (referee)
The relationship between the European Economic Community and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance went through a major transformation between 1957 and 1973. This thesis argues that the institutional interactions between these two organizations were a logical consequence of their internal development. Both represented a regional economic integration and despite political and ideological differences they have been forced to establish a certain level of cooperation, due to the expanding contacts between the member states. After the signing of the Treaties of Rome, which founded EEC, CMEA refused to recognize de jure the existence of the Community and condemned it as a discriminatory capitalist organization. At the same time the Council passed reforms that were supposed to link its economies and strengthen the cohesion of the Eastern bloc. By adoption of the Statute of 1959, the CMEA established its internal structure and operating principles. The first success of the EEC, the pursuit of its own reforms and the UK application motivated CMEA to revise its attitude to the EEC for the first time. The Soviet leadership tried unsuccessfully to get through a supranational leadership of the CMEA - principle they criticized in the EEC for being discriminatory. After the appointment of de Gaulle as...
|
guest ::
