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The role of Volga River in self-identification of Upper Volga region's population in 19th century
Uriková, Lucie ; Daniel, Ondřej (advisor) ; Tumis, Stanislav (referee)
In my master thesis I deal with the issue of the identity of 19th century Russian society and the role of the Volga River in it. I focus on the characterization of Russian identity in the broadest sense, on the relationship of human society to nature, and on two case studies from the Upper Volga region. In the theory of Russian identity I consider four of its characteristic features - ambivalence, patriotism, spirituality and sentimentalism - to be crucial. The analysis of the relationship between human society and nature includes a section devoted to the reasons for human attachment to landscape, discusses the concept of national landscapes, and presents the dominant idea of the Russian landscape at the end of the 19th century. The last section is devoted to research on the role of the Volga River in the self-identification of the inhabitants of the Upper Volga region. In a study of the worship of the source of the Volga and in research on folklore, I note the attitude of various influences towards this river and, on this basis, define the place of the Volga River in the life of different social classes. The conclusion of my study is that the role of the Volga River in the life of the Upper Volga inhabitants was in many ways the same as its role in the national social discourse, but quite out of...
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Russia in Photographs at the Turn of the 19th and the 20th Century
Uriková, Lucie ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
In my thesis I intend to analyse developement of russian documentary photography in years 1839-1917, in other words in period since the birth of photography to the downfall of tsarism. We may divide documentary photography into few categories - photography of landscape, architecture, objects, events and people. This general division helps to outline the worldwide develpement, which will be introduction to the main theme of this thesis. I will analyse russian documentary photography in contexts of its birth, contributions of foreigners who worked in Russia, photographical societis, organization of technological, scientific and photographical exhibitions and national (Volga river) and imperialist (Central Asia) symbols of the Russian Empire. I will analyse works of photographs Maxim Petrovitch Dmitriev and Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky, who dedicated their lifes to photograph Russia, in detail.
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