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Adolf Černý’s Polish impressions
Chodějovský, Jan
Adolf Černý, editor of the revue Slovanský přehled, had intensive contacts with Polish scholars for his whole life. He made number of journeys to Poland, for the first time in 1889. At that time Černý arrived to the country divided among three empires. He found a nation there fighting for its cultural, language and historical rights analogously to Czechs. But when he returned to Poland in early 1920s he came into diametrically different situation, after diplomatic and war conflict between newborn Czechoslovakia and Poland. The last longer visit of Poland he made with the group of Czechoslovak journalists in 1926. In Černý´s diaries, correspondence, or in newspaper articles about his journeys to Poland it is possible to discover not only the formation of his scholarly interests and acquisition of a reputation of notable Polonist (specialist for Poland), but also political transformation of Central Europe and evolvement of Czech-Polish relations.
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The Journey of Edvard Beneš and Government in Exile from London to Moscow in March 1945
Pehr, Michal
This study is devoted to the journey of president Edvard Beneš and the Czechoslovak government in exile from London to Moscow in March 1945. For security reasons, the journey went trough France, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Iran, and on to Moscow. This study not only describes this journey, but also its political impact. The journey was meant to symbolize the new relationships between Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union.
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Adolf Černý and his Explorational Trips in Lusatia
Kaleta, Petr
Travelling had an important place in the life of Adolf Černý. He became familiar with many parts of pre-war Europe as well as the new countries which came into being following the First World War, however his most thorough trips were through Slavic Lusatia. His research trips to Lusatia in the 1880s and 1890s were one of the final phases of his collection of ethnographic material in this part of the Slavic world. His brilliant knowledge of the Sorbian language helped him to penetrate into the world of the Sorbian rural inhabitans, which at that time was rather archaic. The base for his trips was always Budyšin (Bautzen), where the central Sorbian institutions were located, and the home of Michal Hórnik, the leader of the Sorbs at the time.
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The visits of university professors in Potštejn
Kokešová, Helena
Potštejn, small town in the foothills of Orlice Mountains, became the famous resort during the last quarter of 19th century. Its fame was glamorized by the presence of important Czech personalities of science and culture. The leading propagator of Potštejn was its native professor J. U. Jarník. J. Kalousek, who as well as G. A. Lindner and J. Kvíčala bought houses there, had close relationship to Potštejn. Teachers at the Prague university O. Hostinský, J. Emler, J. Vlček, J. Král, L. Niederle, V. Tille, T. G. Masaryk, V. V. Tomek, A. Rezek, K. Tieftrunk, B. Rieger a K. Maydl also visited Potštejn. Another famous visitors were F. Müller, professor of Vienna University, and his colleagues V. Jagić and J. Hyrtl, further professors of Warsaw University K. J. Grot, I. P. Filevič, V. A. Francev, and O. Asbóth, professor of Budapest University. Writers J. V. Sládek a J. Vrchlický, teachers of Prague University, and painters Karel and Adolf Liebschers also liked this place.
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The Secret Journeys: "The Revolutionary Couriers"
Hájková, Dagmara
The contribution deals with the journeys of Czech-Americans from neutral USA to Austro-Hungarian Monarchy during the First World War. The war limited the personnel traveling, especially, between the belligerent countries. The Czechoslovak independence movement created unique style for secret exchange of the information by means of messengers. The work discusses the criteria for choice of couriers, as well as suitable routes, financial supplies and possibilities of obtaining the passports. It considers practical result of "secret journeys".
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T. G. Masaryk and his journeys to Capri 1921–1922
Vašek, Richard
The contribution focuses on the journeys of president Thomas G. Masaryk to Capri at the beginning of the 1920s. Masaryk suffered from serious health problems in 1921 and therefore it was necessary for him to go abroad to recover. These were also the first trips of Czechoslovak president and they became models (i.e. in organisation) for Masaryk´s other journeys. The contribution deals with the organisation of the journeys and tries to capture day-to-day life at Capri. The influence on Masaryk´s state of health or financial background of the journeys is also mentioned in the text.
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