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Mediating Roles of Czechoslovakia and Canada among the Great Powers and Cuba in 1959-1969
Krýsl, Ondřej ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the period of the superpower rivalry of the Cold War, respectively, on the 1960's, and an interesting phenomenon of the intermediary role. At that time, Canada and Czechoslovakia took on tasks far beyond the importance of their bilateral relations with Cuba. They often made significant efforts and spent considerable resources. Furthermore, the work compares the nature of mediation of relations between Cuba and the great powers on the examples of these countries and tries to reveal their connections. More precisely, the work is interested in deciphering the motivations of Canada and Czechoslovakia for the initiative of the role of mediator between Cuba and the individual blocs. These states played this role in the relationship between Cuba and the Western countries in the case of Canada and Cuba and the Eastern bloc in the case of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. The Kenneth Waltz's theoretical approach of bipolar equilibrium will be used and analyzed as one of the possible explanations. From a methodological point of view, the work uses the Mill's method of difference and comparative history. The work has also the ambition to contribute to an interesting topic that unjustly escapes the wider awareness of the general public. The main sources of data are secondary...
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Comparison uprising in Poznan and Budapest in 1956
Mottlová, Tereza ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
The Bacherlor's Thesis deals with theme of comparism of the uprising in Hungary and Poland in 1956. The thesis employs methods of description and comparism. The Thesis is devided into four main parts. The first part deals with the theory of opposition and objects that formed opposition in these countries. Following part focuses on uprising in polish town Poznan. It outlines political situation before uprising and its causes. This part describes course of uprising and its ending. The third part concerns with uprising in Budpest. Analogous to the first part, the second part describes political situation in Hungary before autumn 1956. Focuses on a causes of uprising, main characters and course of uprising. In the end it mentions main consequences. Last part of the Bacherlor's Thesis deals with the comparism of both uprising - its the causes, courses and endings. It sums up main points and characters and compares it.
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Diplomatic recognition of the USSR by Great Britain and the United States
Abramov, Philipp ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Knutelská, Viera (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with diplomatic recognition of the USSR by Great Britain and the United States. In the first part the development of the Soviet diplomatic tradition is introduced in the reference period, i.e. 1917-1933, with the description of key aspects of foreign policy of the Soviet Union. The second chapter is devoted to the question of recognition of the USSR by Great Britain, containing a brief description of tsarist regime commintments to Britain. The third part clarifies the recognition of the USSR by the United States with emphasis on economic cooperation during 1920s and it's role in the recognition of the USSR de iure. Conclusion of this thesis introduces a comparison of both cases focusing on four aspects (reaction on bolshevik coup d'état and consolidation of the AUCP(b) leader role, role of post-war German question and tsarist Russia debts, volume and development of international trade, engagement of domestic political situation) in order to identify and explain the delay between recognition by Great Britain and by the United States.
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Religion in the USSR - Religious and Confessional Groups in RSFSR and USSR (1918 - 1991)
Semina, Aleksandra ; Hošek, Pavel (advisor) ; Hájek, Matěj (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to examine the relationship between church and state in the USSR at various times. This work contains an introduction, the main part, which consists of six chapters, a conclusion and a list of literature. The thesis points out how the attitude of the Soviet government to religious groups changed from the beginning of the revolution in 1917 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991. The first chapter of the thesis deals with the Church during the first years of the Soviet government. The second chapter focuses on the repression of 30 years. Then the thesis explores the Second World War, the Khrushchev government, and at the end, it reaches the perestroika period. Special attention is paid to Orthodoxy, Patriarch Tikhon, other religious persons, atheistic education of the population and propaganda of atheism in the USSR. Other religions and confessional groups such as Buddhism and Islam are mentioned only marginally. Russian literary sources were used during this work.
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Comparison uprising in Poznan and Budapest in 1956
Mottlová, Tereza ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
The Bacherlor's Thesis deals with theme of comparism of the uprising in Hungary and Poland in 1956. The thesis employs methods of description and comparism. The Thesis is devided into three main parts. The first part deals with uprising in polish town Poznan. It outlines political situation before uprising and its causes. This part describes course of uprising and its ending. The second part concerns with uprising in Budpest. Analogous to the first part, the second part describes political situation in Hungary before autumn 1956. Focuses on a causes of uprising, main characters and course of uprising. In the end it mentions main consequences. The third part of the Bacherlor's Thesis deals with the comparism of both uprising - its the causes, courses and endings. It sums up main points and characters and compares it.
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From Outer Space to Brussels
Verner, Daniel ; Czumalo, Vladimír (advisor) ; Beneš, Zdeněk (referee)
Bc. Daniel Verner Vesmír z Bruselu Master's Thesis Abstract The master thesis analyzes reflections of exploration of the Outer Space in Czechoslovak art in years 1957-1963. The first part of this thesis summarizes the "Space Races" in said period, the main task, however, is to analyze space motives in Czechoslovak art and culture during those years; it also comments on possible interpretations and typologies. The research is based on contemporary magazines, illustrated books for children and grown-ups, toys, films, applicated art, design, architecture, paintings and sculptures.
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The transformation of the territorial structure of foreign trade of Czechoslovakia in the years 1945-1953, with a focus on the Soviet Union
Seifert, Lukáš ; Jakubec, Ivan (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee)
The thesis maps the change in the territorial structure of Czechoslovak foreign trade in 1945-1953. The aim of the study is verification of the hypothesis that allows for direct foreign trade policy constraints on political events. In other words, as the gradual political integration of Czechoslovakia into the Soviet bloc touched territorial structure of foreign trade. The text examines the changing trend in foreign trade, which has been shown by growth of the share of the USSR at the expense of the capitalist states, and addresses the question of whether and how much the Soviet Union could replace the liberal market economy. The work contributes to the knowledge of the functioning of the post-war period with foreign exchange trading and describes the influence of foreign trade by the disproportionately greater economic and political entity.
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