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Deportation of the Chechens and Ingushes. Contribution to History of Caucasus in the Second Half of the 20th Century
Kosejková, Hana ; Tumis, Stanislav (advisor) ; Nykl, Hanuš (referee)
The thesis "The deportation of Chechens and Ingushes. Contribution to the history of the Caucasus in the second half of the 20th Century" focuses on forced relocation of ethnic groups in 1944 from their homeland in Central Asia. The author presents the causes of deportation, describes itself transport, living conditions in places colonization and subsequent release of the totalitarian regime to rehabilitation and return to the Caucasus. The thesis used in addition to the literature and archival materials. Important part of the thesis include testimony of witnesses (oral history) collected by the "snowball". The aim of this thesis was to assess the physical, demographic and moral damage caused by the deportations and to prove the relationship between it and the subsequent ethnic conflicts in the Caucasus, and also to determine what role they played in the implementation of the deportation policy and subsequent rehabilitation of the different representatives of the Communist Party and the Soviet state headed by Josef Stalin. Relocation left trauma in the memory of the survivors in the second and third generation, and Russian state itself caused due to significant financial losses and other problems with which compensates today.
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Soviet Union and India 1964-1982
Bartoňová, Martina ; Litera, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Novák, Petr (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Soviet-Indian relations in 1964-1982" examines the development of relations between India and the Soviet Union during the period of their closest cooperation. The two countries were to found the highest extent of common interests and consensus in the field of foreign policy in that time and there was also intense economic cooperation. The alignment of common interests was sealed in the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation in 1971. The Soviet Union saw its relationship with India as a basis for his strategy of containing China's influence in Asia, but alliance with India was also important in terms of establishing its global supremacy over the United States. For India the Soviet Union represented source of funds for its modernization and in alliance with the Soviet Union it also sought to ensure its security position vis a vis their enemies Pakistan and also China. India wanted to preserve its independent position so it maintained ties to the United States a engaged in the non-aligned movement. Since the Soviet efforts aimed at establishing the system of collective security in Asia were contrary to the India's quest for achieving a leading position in the region, it did not give any support to its ally in this respect. A mutual understanding and both-sided...
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Annotated translation: Olga. Forbidden diary (Olga Bergholz, Saint-Petersburg, 2010, ISBN: 978-5-9985-0870-7)
Fedorčuková, Natálie ; Oganesjanová, Danuše (advisor) ; Rubáš, Stanislav (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to provide an annotated translation part of book Oľga. Zapretnyj dnevnik into Czech language. The commentary consists of two parts. The first part contains a translation analysis based on the model of Christiane Nord, which within intertextual factors includes also a typology of translation problems on several levels. The next part deals with problems that occurred during the process of translation and their solutions using the model of V. N. Komissarov. Key words Translation, translation analysis, intertextual factors, translation shift, translation problem Diary, prison, war, death, arrest, censorship, The Soviet Union
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The Hungarian uprising 1956 in light of transitological theories
Slezáková, Radka ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
The aim of this diploma degree thesis called The Hungarian uprising 1956 in light of transitological theories is an application of these theories on a process which took a place in a period 1953 - 1956 and ended in uprising in 1956. These events happened before the creation of the transitological theories. The application of these theories provides politological analysis of the whole process, examines the transitological theories, above all their universality. In the first part, transitology as politological analyses is outlined, including its creation and development as well as the authors and their studies which supported the development of these theories. I emphasized the best known theories from Samuel Huntington and Adam Przeworski. The second part is focused on analyses of position of opposition outside regime, reformers and hardliners in regime using these theories. I paid my attention to Soviet Union. The soviets tanks repressed the Hungarian uprising in the end. Despite this fact I studied if the year 1956 could have constituted the democracy or some hybrid form of democracy. I analyzed this idea with application the transitology theories on Hungarian example. On the basis of these theories I reached the conclusion that the situation in 1956 could constitute some form of hybrid democracy....
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Main events of the period of dissolution of the Soviet Union in Czech media
Mališová, Klára ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
This thesis deals with how three chosen Czech daily newspapers - Rudé právo, Mladá fronta (later Mladá fronta DNES) and Lidové noviny - wrote about significant events that took place in the union republics during the last three years of the Soviet Union's existence (1989-1991). It specifically focuses on those events through which the republics were trying to regain freedom and independence for themselves - either through protests, or in a political matter. The thesis also addresses events that were somehow groundbreaking or during which ordinary people, who went to the streets to express their dissaproval of current political situation or to defend legally elected bodies, lost their lives. The thesis uses qualitative analysis to find out if there was a difference in how these three selected Czech newspapers wrote about such events in the context of changes that occured in the Czech political and media system, and if each own coverage somehow evolved.
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Architecture of socialist realism in Czech Republic
Hornoková, Barbora ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Bendová, Eva (referee)
The student will compile a thesis about the period of dogmatic socialist realism in czech architecture in 1950s. The student will start with a definition of this style, will try to reconstruct a theoretical resources and fundamental parts of socialist realism and then determine the pre-stages in the architecture before the second world war. The attention will be focused on influnces and imports from The Soviet Union including the journeys of czechoslovakia architects there between 1920s-1930s and in 1950s. Own architecture production of dogmatic socialist realism in Czechoslovakia will be shown on chosen buildings in Prague (hotel Jalta, hotel International…). From this selection the student will determine its specifications and if it is possible to infer them based on the comparsion with the other buildings in Czechoslovakia. Keywords architecture, socialist realism, Prague, 1950s, ideology, The Soviet Union, historicism
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The concept of totalitarianism in the works of George Orwel.
Pelán, Štěpán ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Zicha, Zbyněk (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to characterize the way George Orwell viewed the totalitarianism and how he portrayed this phenomenon in his works. The fundamental part is an analysis of the characteristics of totalitarian regimes in Orwell's most important works 1984 and Animal Farm. For a deeper understanding of Orwell's view of totalitarian regimes, his life and the events that shaped his political thinking were also discussed in more detail. In addition to the aforementioned, the work also includes a general characteristic of the typical features of totalitarianism and general principles of totalitarian regimes, referring to the historical and political context of the twentieth century of selected states, such as the USSR, Germany or Czechoslovakia. This section is followed by an analysis of selected works by authors who dealt with totalitarianism from the view of political theory, such as Hannah Arendt, F.A. Hayek, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Ernst Jünger. Though George Orwell described himself as a leftist and a socialist, he strictly rejected any form of totalitarian rule, and, as he wrote in one of his essays, much of his work was anti- totalitarian. His attitude towards totalitarianism began to emerge during the Spanish Civil War, in which he actively participated. There he also met for the first...
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U. S. Foreign Policy Towards Cuba 1958-1965
Fiala, Jaroslav ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Opatrný, Josef (referee) ; Barteček, Ivo (referee)
The thesis deals with the U.S. foreign policy towards Cuba in the years 1958-1965. It analyses sources of U.S.-Cuban hostility at the beginning of the Fidel Castro era. It shows, how the U.S. foreign policy and the beginning of Cold war contributed to polarization as well as radicalization of politics in Cuba. Thus, it analyses the change of a local conflict into the "international civil war". The aim of the thesis is to argue that Cuba influenced the global balance of power between the Soviet Union and the United States at the beginning of 1960's. The introductory chapters summarize the causes of the Cuban Revolution, the U.S. policy toward friendly dictators, mainly toward Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. Next part deals with the guerilla warfare against Batista and the extent of U.S. influence on this insurrection. The thesis uses a multi-archival research of the U.S. as well as Czech and British sources. The comparison of sources shows the extent of independent Cuban actions and helps to comprehend the logic of the Eastern-European foreign policy. The thesis further analyses the U.S. reaction on Cuban Revolution as well as causes and consequences of the Cuban Missile crisis. Moreover, it deals with the possibilities of improvement in the U.S.-Cuban relations. Last but not least it also analyses the...
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Communist Party of Czechoslovakia on the road to the illegality
Vostrčil, Jan ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Polášek, Martin (referee)
Bachelor thesis discusses the possibilities of semi-underground work of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) since the late 1920s through to the final period of the legality of the Communist Party during the "Second Republic". The paper is divided into three thematic blocks. The first section deals with the context in the form of development of the party system since the late 1920s to the end of the First Republic, and also the legal framework for the protection of the republic. The second part is devoted to the history of the KSČ during this period. The third part is devoted to the analysis already semi-underground work opportunities, which is the main theme of my thesis. The main objective is to show the possibilities of semi-underground work. In fact, it is the kind of analysis the official party press, in which the articles could describe the illegal activities of illegal foreign parties. These articles could eventually serve as role models for the domestic illegal work. This fact is examined in the second part of the analysis. The thesis is also partly concerns the question of the influence of the Comintern on organizing these activities and even general influence on the Comintern on the inner side management. The analysis is based on analysis of articles official Communist press (Rudé...
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