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Czechoslovak Diplomacy and Israel in 1948-1967
Krausová, Noemi ; Putík, Daniel (advisor) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee)
Noemi Krausová Bachelor thesis Czechoslovak Diplomacy and Israel in 1948 - 1967 2015 Abstract This bachelor thesis focuses on the development of Czechoslovak-Israeli diplomatic relations from 1948 until 1967. Czechoslovakia supported the Jewish community in Palestine in the first years after the Second World War and was promoting the idea of a Jewish state. The friendly attitude on the part of Czechoslovakia was not altered after the communist coup in 1948. Czechoslovakia became the only state to support Israel, by supplying arms, during the War of Independence of 1948/49. Since 1950, however, the Czechoslovak attitude towards Israel began to change under the Soviet influence which was clearly dominant in the internal as well as external policies of the communist regime in Prague. The relations with Israel gradually deteriorated after 1950 as Zionism was declared as an enemy by the communist power. The anti-Zionism of the regime became most pronounced during the political trial against the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Rudolf Slánský, as well as against other - mostly Jewish - party officials in 1952. The Israeli side was surprised by this fast turn in the Czechoslovak approach. This new policy of hostility culminated in 1967 when the diplomatic relations were suspended...
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First steps towards February 1948. The Moscow negotiations of the Czechoslovak exile in March 1945
Čuchna, Matěj ; Václavů, Lubor (advisor) ; Míšková, Alena (referee)
This thesis concentrates on the subject of the Moscow negotiations in March 1939 and preceeding and following events. The Moscow negotiations are considered to be the starting point of the Communist seizure of power in Czechoslovakia, leading to their moment of final triumph in February 1948. Near the very end of the Second World War, members of the Czechoslovak exile government, together with president Edvard Beneš, traveled to Moscow in order to discuss several political, economical and military issues with the Soviets. The issue of highest importance, however, were talks between the democratic Czechoslovak representatives from London and Czechoslovak Communists who have taken refuge in Moscow aftet the beginning of the war. It is not an exaggeration to say that everything was at stake. Literally, these talks were to define the long-term future of Czechoslovakia and, indeed, sadly, they had. While the democrats, arrived unprecedently unprepaired, the Communists had already elaborated a complete government program (later passed, with only minor changes, as the Košice Government Program), unsurprisingly very leftist and pro-Soviet. In military terms, the Communists gained strategic initiative and forced the democrats into a passive role with a very little potential for making any significant changes to the...
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Molotov - Ribbentrop pact in 70. anniversary of the end of WWII.
Suchodolinský, Michal ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
The paper is divided into two main parts. First two chapters are foccused on events in 1939. Specifically, signing non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, also known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, named by the Foreign Ministers of both countries, who have signed it. Also, the events that preceded this pact and that followed afterwards. In this paper foccusinf on history, I will also look at the relationship between ideologies of Germany and the USSR. While I want to point out the fact that the two schemes, such as German and Soviet, were ready to expand not only at the expense of third countries, but also at the expense of one another. Next section will be foccused on the interpretation of these events, in two chapters. First I will offer a view at how historians differ in opinions on the problems and how they explain these events. Futhermore, I will continue with another interpretation of the events from the perspective of Vladimir Putin in the official statements. Moreover, I will monitor changes its expression at the time. By the end , I will summarize the information that were identified and evaluated.
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The Image of Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia
Lhotáková, Veronika ; Picková, Dana (advisor) ; Smrž, Pavel (referee)
The present thesis deals with the image of Tsar Ivan the Terrible in Stalin's Russia. It analyzes the characteristics of his personality in the older Russian and Soviet historiography. It focuses on his portrayal in art, especially in film Ivan the Terrible by Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein. It deals with the emergence and the general acceptance of this film during World War II. It assesses its historical credibility, ideological expression and artistic significance.
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The Soviet-German relations 1933-1939
Drymanovych, Anhelina ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
This bachelor thesis examines the development and individual aspects of the foreign policy of the USSR towards Germany in the defined period 1933-1939. The bachelor thesis is conceived primarily focusing on the Soviet side of this issue, the importance of Soviet- German cooperation, and the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact for the Soviets. The aim of this work is to find out what caused Stalin's rejection of the possibility of rapprochement with France and Great Britain against Hitler and reorient the political direction of the USSR in order to reach an agreement with the Third Reich. At the same time, the thesis raises the question of what the dismissal of the People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs M. Litvinov and his replacement with V. Molotov meant and how it affected the USSR's negotiations with the Western powers. The main part of the thesis is devoted to the Soviet Union's negotiations with Great Britain and France and the subsequent signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between the USSR and Germany. In conclusion, the motives of the Soviet leader to reorient the foreign policy course are evaluated.
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The Soviet annexation of the Baltic states in 1940 and the Western reaction
Prokopová, Zuzana ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Smetana, Vít (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the international reaction to the occupation and following incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union in 1940. The main aim of this thesis is to answer question "What was the attitude of two western powers, the USA and the United Kingdom, regarding the annexation?". This thesis focuses on foreign policies of the USA and the UK towards the Soviet Union during the Second World War, both western countries decided to refuse the legitimacy of the annexation. This thesis also explains under which circumstances the governments and leaders of both states had to make decisions. In the analysis of the US foreign policy this thesis also deals with the Stimson Doctrine from the year 1932, which was important for the formulation of the US policy of non-recognition of forcible seizure of territory. The Doctrine was used in the case of the Baltic States, as well. Thesis further focuses on the formation of the Grand Alliance, also known as Big Three, and conferences of three allied leaders. The Baltic question had been an issue during the negotiations but at the Tehran Conference western leaders agreed to accept Soviet annexation de facto. However, de iure recognition has never been granted. This thesis also explains the events in the Baltics from August 1939 until the...
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The reflection on the stalinist period as a friction between the Russian State and the Memorial movement
Černoušek, Štěpán ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
The bachelor thesis The reflection on the Stalinist period as a friction between the Russian State and the Memorial movement follows changes in the interpretation of Soviet repressions (especially from the period of Stalinism) from the late 1980s until the end of 2016. On the one hand, it follows the attitude of the Russian (or Soviet) state, on the other hand the position of the independent Memorial movement. In five chapters, chronologically, it notes contradictions that arise in the interpretation of the repression by the State and the Memorial and try to explain them. While the attitude of Memorial is consistent throughout the whole period (it attempts to bring repression to a wider context), we see different attitudes of the Russian state in the times of perestroika, during the reign of President Yeltsin and during the presidency of Vladimir Putin. From coincident attitudes, the state moves to interpretations that are inconsistent with the position of Memorial and are ideologically motivated. The thesis also looks at the causes of the current pressure of the Russian state against the Memorial movement, which intensified especially after 2014. The other theme of the thesis is also a brief history of the Memorial movement, its development and concrete projects and opinions.
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Stalin and Soviet foreign policy in 1945-1947
Lehnert, Jiří ; Litera, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the analysis of Soviet foreign policy after World War II, especially in 1945-1947. The paper focuses on aspects of Soviet foreign policy against the backdrop of increasing tensions between the powers of the anti-Hitler coalition, especially between the Soviet Union and the United States. This work deals with the Soviet strategy at the conferences of the Great Troika in Yalta and Potsdam in 1945. The Soviet reactions to international development in 1945-1947 are connected with the process of sovereignty of Central and Southeastern Europe. The work is briefly focused on post-war developments in Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and Germany, as well as on the Soviet reaction to the new US foreign policy of containment of Communism through the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan in 1947. The Soviet Union reacted to this situation by establishing of The Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers' Parties in the same year. One of the main goals of the thesis is also the effort to capture the role of Soviet leader Josif Vissarionovich Stalin in the foreign policy agenda of the Soviet Union. The thesis also aims to find out, if and how the international situation of this period affected the relations within the Soviet leadership.
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Czechoslovak Diplomacy and Israel in 1948-1967
Krausová, Noemi ; Putík, Daniel (advisor) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee)
Noemi Krausová Bachelor thesis Czechoslovak Diplomacy and Israel in 1948 - 1967 2015 Abstract This bachelor thesis focuses on the development of Czechoslovak-Israeli diplomatic relations from 1948 until 1967. Czechoslovakia supported the Jewish community in Palestine in the first years after the Second World War and was promoting the idea of a Jewish state. The friendly attitude on the part of Czechoslovakia was not altered after the communist coup in 1948. Czechoslovakia became the only state to support Israel, by supplying arms, during the War of Independence of 1948/49. Since 1950, however, the Czechoslovak attitude towards Israel began to change under the Soviet influence which was clearly dominant in the internal as well as external policies of the communist regime in Prague. The relations with Israel gradually deteriorated after 1950 as Zionism was declared as an enemy by the communist power. The anti-Zionism of the regime became most pronounced during the political trial against the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, Rudolf Slánský, as well as against other - mostly Jewish - party officials in 1952. The Israeli side was surprised by this fast turn in the Czechoslovak approach. This new policy of hostility culminated in 1967 when the diplomatic relations were suspended...
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