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The Image of Bolsheviks in Memory of Czechoslovak Legionaries
Pácha, Martin ; Vojtěchovský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis was to describe the process of creation of the image and role of the Bolsheviks in the memory of Czechoslovak legionnaires. The main goal questioned was (i) how this image was generated immediatelly during the period of the legionnaries activities in Russia and (ii) how it has been changed after their return to Czechoslovakia. The first part of the analysis is based on legionnaries publications issued in Russia, namely the newspaper "Československý denník". The second part analyses the interwar legionnaries literature, mainly the texts of writers who commented on the Russian revolutionary events in general. Using the comparison of literary sources this work shows that returned legionnaries writers oversimplified Bolshevik theme in their texts and assigned them a stereotyped role of the enemy. Key words: Czechoslovak Legion, Literature of Legionaries, Bolsheviks, Image of the other
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Foreign Policy of Ivan Mazepa in Mirror of East European and Western Historiography
Kokuňková, Adriana ; Příhoda, Marek (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
(english) This thesis evaluates the foreign policy of Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa, the Cossack Hetman of the second half of the 17th century and early 18th century. It maps the beginning of his political career, his relationship with the Russian Tsar Peter I. and above all the Great Northern War period (1700-1721) which is connected to his defection to the side of Russia's opponent, Swedish King Karl XII. The basis of thesis is an analysis and a comparison of opinions of Ukrainian, Russian and Western modern historians (F. M. Umanets, B. D. Krupnytsky, O. P. Ohloblyn, S. O. Pavlenko, D. N. Bantysch-Kamensky, N. I. Kostomarov, T. G. Tairova-Jakovleva, A. G. Shkvarov, C. A. Manning, R. K. Massie, O. Subtelny, P. Englund) on the career and especially the role of Mazepa in the Russo-Swedish conflict. Key words Ivan Mazepa, Poltava, The Great Northern War, Peter the Great, Charles XII., Ukraine, Hetman, Russia, Cossacks
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Lev Gumil'ëv's Philosophy of History
Šmejkal, Jiří ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dedicated to philosophy of history of Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev and to his so called theory of ethnogenesis and passionarity. At the beginning I will concisely introduce work and life of this thinker and afterwards I am going to focus on incentives that preceded the main theory of L. N. Gumilev. I will also shortly introduce the Eurasian movement. Main part of this work will deal with theory of ethnogenesis and its application on history of nations.
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The British and Jews in Palestine, 1944-1948
Zamrazilová, Barbora ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the withdrawal of Great Britain from Palestine and the reactions of the Zionist movement on her mandatory policy. In 1937, the British planed to divide the mandate between the Arabs and the Jews, terminate the administration and establish an alliance with the successor states. Disapproval of the Arab world, worsened security in Palestine and the threat of a war in Europe led the mandatory power to prolong the administration and restrict the jewish immigration.These meassures caused a deterioration of Anglo-Zionist relations. During the Second World War, the Zionist Organization put forward a request for the establishment of a Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine. No long after, the British restored their preparations for the termination of the mandate. As before the war, they sought for the pernament teritorial solution for postmandatory Palestine and new allies. Due to unstable geopolitical situation and the loss of her hegemonic position, Great Britain had to consider the attitudes of the Arab world and the United States of America.
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Russian Minority in Latvia and its Culture
Černá, Barbora ; Štoll, Pavel (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
(in English): The theme of the bachelor thesis "Russian minority in Latvia and its culture" is the process of shaping traditional Russian minority on Latvian territory. The main part is devoted to the two periods, which marked the blooming of Russian culture - 1) the late 19th century and early 20th century, 2) the period of the independent Republic of Latvia (1918-1940). The aim of the work is to introduce important aspects of social and cultural life of the Russian minority in context of multinational Latvian society until 1940.
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Visual Arts as a Mean of Power in the Soviet Union - Forming a New Hero of the Soviet Society in the 1930s
Hausenblasová, Anna ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Jančárková, Julie (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the 1930s' visual arts in the Soviet Union. In several chapters, it describes developmental tendencies of visual arts that were made to serve the governmental propaganda of that time. The forming of Socialistic Realism is being mapped here starting with its first signs in the 1920s, all the way to its triumph in the 1930s, when it was proclaimed as the only USSR's official artistic movement. This development is supported by an extensive pictorial appendix that is part of this thesis, together with a thematic analysis of this time period's selected artwork. A new hero of the Soviet society is constructed here based on the analysis and in the context of this time period's tendencies and the requirements of its political powers. Key words USSR, Socialist Realism, Visual Arts, Ideology, Interpretation, Society, Hero, Power, Painting
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The Balfour Declaration and the McMahon Letters. Great Britain and the Near East during the Great War.
Semera, David ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
Bachelor thesis The Balfour Declaration and the McMahon Letters. Great Britain and the Near East during the Great War analyses the promises of the United Kingdom to Arabs and Jews from the First World War contained in the McMahon Letters and in the Balfour Declaration relating in particular to the territory of the Middle East. It focuses on the circumstances of the formation of these documents, both on the contemporary conditions and the objectives to be achieved by them. It also deals with the wording of these documents and the contents of the British promises, while questioning whether it would be possible to realize them simultaneously or they were excluding each other. The opening chapter presents the situation of the Ottoman Empire, Arab nationalism, Zionism, and the empire of the United Kingdom until the beginning of the First World War. The second chapter explains the British interest that influenced the formulation of these documents. The third chapter discusses the emergence of the McMahon Letters and the Balfour Declaration and examine their contents.
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Russian-Greek Relations in the 19th Century. Ioannis Kapodistrias
Palečková, Kateřina ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
(in English): This thesis focuses on the Russian-Greek relations in the 19th century, with emphasis Ioannis Kapodistria on personality. It is divided into four thematic units. The first outlines the creation of the first Greek state in modern history. Kapodistria is devoted to another part, which is introduced by his life in the period when he worked in Russia. Next the Greek War of Independence and the epoch when Ioannis Kapodistria became the first president of Greece. The work emphasizes Ioannis Kapodistria very little known personality in the czech environment and focuses on his work in the russian diplomatic service. Key words (in English): Ioannis Kapodistria, russian-greek relations, russian diplomacy, formation of the modern Greek state
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Jewish Theme in the Work of Populist Writers
Getta, Mariia ; Nykl, Hanuš (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to process the Jewish theme in the creation of selected Populist writers, emphasis, analyze anti-Jewish sentiment and define its basic causes. For this thesis were selected stories that deal with the topic of Jewishness and that also became a good illustration of anti- Jewish sentiments of the 19th century in the Russian Empire. The first chapter defines the concept of Populism and Populist literature and then briefly outlines the position of Jews in Czarist Russia in the 19th century. The core of the thesis is an analysis of selected works of writers of Populist tradition (G. I. Uspensky, V. G. Korolenko, G. A. Machtet) with regard to the topic of Jewishness, especially on the subject of pogroms and on the coexistence of Jews and Christians. Keywords: Populism, Jewish question, Russian literature, Pogroms, Anti-Semitism, Pale of settlement, Jews
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