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The Prologue of the Sovietization. Western Belarus and Western Ukraine 1939-1941
Vojta, Tomáš ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (referee)
Diploma thesis "The Prologue of the Sovietization. Western Belarus and Western Ukraine 1939-1941" is focused on the analysis of annexetation of eastern territory of Polish interwar state, which was occupied by the Soviet Union in September 1939 after the Ribbentrop - Molotov Pact had been signed. In this period was mentioned territory an object of Soviet unification politics, which was based primarily on the removal of autochtonous social structures, which were considered by the Soviet regime as a hostile element. Author seeks particular responsibility for establishing of the Soviet regime on this territory and examines into the role of autochtonous population in this procedure. He also provides analysis of genesis and operating of the Soviet party, administrative and security apparatuses well as reprisal measures applied by the Soviet regime on this territory during 1939-1941. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Russian Migration Policy Development. Immigration from the South Caucasian States to Russia (1992-2002)
Zajícová, Helena ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
The Master Thesis Russian Migration Policy Development: Immigrationfrom the South Caucasian States to Russia (1992-2002) seeks to analyze the development of the Russian migration policy since the disintegration of the USSR and demonstrate its impact on immigration processes from the South Caucasian States (Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan) to Russia. It is argued that the Post-Soviet experience in the field of migration could significantly enrich the debate on international migration Most importantly, it clearly shows the false dichotomy between forced and voluntary migration. When forming the migration regime, Russia established a position against ethnic Russians living outside of the Russian Federation as well as former Soviet citizens in an effort to distinguish them from other international migrants. As a result, Russia formed the migration regime on the forced-voluntary model but described all migrations in the Post-Soviet region as forced and presented the above mentioned group with a special forced migration status applicable only to migrants with Russian citizenship. This model violated the principle of international standards by introducing a dichotomy between forced migrants with or without the status of Russian citizenship. This policy was intended to help ethnic Russians to resettle in...
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Český Těšín vs. polish Cieszyn 1920-1938, urbanism and architecture
Havránková, Magdaléna ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
The B.A. thesis "Český Těšín vs. polský Cieszyn 1920-1938, urbanismus a architektura" ("Český Těšín vs. polish Cieszyn 1920-1938, urbanism and architecture") deals with changes of mentioned towns during the interwar period. This B.A. thesis is based on the form of original town Těšín that existed till 1920, when it was separated between two states and when two new towns appeared - Český Těšín and polish Cieszyn. The main part of this thesis represents an analysis of urbanistic and architectural aspects of both of them. Those changes are founded by the agreements that regularized the division of Těšín. Special emphasis is put on the analysis of the house building in Český Těšín that lost the majority of buildings necessary for town structure and town existence. Several questions should be answered in the end of this B.A. thesis. How the both towns changed during the interwar period, if the division of the town Těšín was settled successfully to satisfy both sides and if the town Český Těšín took the advantage of this occasion that offered the possibility to build a modern town in accordance to the interwar principles of urbanism and architecture.
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Conceptualizing Eastern Europe: Past and Present
Mačkinis, Vilius ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee) ; Gordy, Eric (referee)
The ideas presented in the dissertation are based on the premise that the concept of Eastern Europe is a construction, which received its meaning(s) trough events and shifts, which also shaped the idea of Europe. To analyze these influences several labels and aspects of history, which constructed the concept of Eastern Europe can be recognized. The author argues that there can be five important aspects, forming the concept and providing meanings, discerned and considered: (1) geography associated with the Eastern border of the European continent and its flexibility; (2) cultural trends, mainly provided by the ideas of the Enlightenment, which present the eastern part as wild, barbaric and uncivilized; (3) political formations, which by military and political means conquered or lost the region, alienating it with the West or making it a 'buffer zone'; (4) Economic aspects of backwardness and the constant try to catch-up with the West; and (5) the discourse about the region itself, historiography depicting the formations and ascribing labels to discourse. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The Russian response to the revolutionary era of the years 1830-31
Svoboda, Karel ; Reimann, Michal (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee) ; Vlček, Radomír (referee)
This thesis deals with the Russian response to the revolutionary era of the years 1830-31, using the theory of defensive realism. Based on archival material and on available literature, it analyzes mechanisms for the adoption of decisions in the Russian political structures. The author approaches the topic with chronological-thematic perspective. The first section analyzes the politics of the Russian tsar and his environment in relation to the French and Belgian Revolutions. The second part is devoted to the issue of Poland. In the third part the author analyzes the internal conditions in the Russian State itself. Last but not least, the author analyzes public opinion, economic conditions and the situation in the army.
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Operation "VISTULA": Its presentation in the People's Republic of Polanď s propaganda and contemporary interpretation
Veselý, Luboš ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Zilynskyj, Bohdan (referee)
This thesis deals with expulsions of (ethnic) Ukrainians from their homeland in post- war Poland in 1944-1947 and the presentation of these in communist Poland's propaganda. It also analyses different interpretations of these events after the political changes in Central and Eastern Europe at the end of the 1980s. Post-war changes of Poland's eastern boarder, where the Soviet Union could keep the territories it had occupied in 1939, led to a situation where only 0,5 to 0,7 million Ukrainians out of a pre-war population of 5 million remained in their original homeland in Poland's south-eastern region. After the end of World War II, the Ukrainian insurgent army (UPA) continued fighting for Ukrainian independence against the governments on both sides of the new border, which they felt transected Ukrainian territory. The Polish pro-soviet communist government, which had only very little support in Polish society, made use of extreme nationalism, anti-German and also anti- Ukrainian sentiments in order to gain legitimacy. The Polish and Ukrainian societies regarded each other as enemies since pre-war times and especially after WW II, when around 20 thousand Ukrainians and more than 90 thousand Poles were murdered in mutual killings. After the war, Ukrainians became the target of Polish revenge. Based on an...
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Visegrádská skupina jako významný středoevropský fenomén
Lukášek, Libor ; Ort, Alexandr (advisor) ; Janoušková, Zuzana (referee) ; Had, Miloslav (referee) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
Disertační práce, s využitím metody mezinárodně politické analýzy, popisuje a hodnotí vývoj Visegrádské skupiny, jako důležité středoevropské regionální platformy, v letech 1991-2004 na pozadí naplnění vybraných strategických cílů definovaných na počátku spolupráce - zajištění stability a bezpečnosti v regionu střední Evropy po roce 1989 a naplnění integračních ambicí zemí Visegrádské skupiny ve vztahu k NATO, resp. ES/EU. Práce také nastiňuje perspektivy, resp. možný další vývoj spolupráce zemí Visegrádské skupiny po vstupu ČR, Maďarska, Polska a Slovenska do NATO a EU.
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