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The Ukrainian issue as a tool for the consodilation of Putin's Russia
Vaidišová, Natálie ; Kolenovská, Daniela (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
This thesis investigates the Russian domestic political context of the escalation of relations. It verifies the claim that the Ukrainian issue has served the Russian political leadership over the past two decades to gradually consolidate internally Russian society, caught off guard by the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the Russian elite's use of anti-Ukrainian historical narratives can therefore be interpreted as a tool to stabilize post-Soviet Russian identity in a form that suits the current interests of the Russian power centre. What role historical politics has played in the use of the Ukrainian issue for Russia's internal consolidation is explored in this thesis through an analysis of the argumentation of the Russian Federation's leaders towards Ukraine, from the rise of Vladimir Putin to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. This examination presupposes a detailed theoretical argumentation, to which I devote the first half of the thesis. Subsequently, I apply the theoretical-methodological findings in the second part of the thesis in the analysis of the speeches of Russian representatives, which I divide into the following main analytical units: the development of Russian-Ukrainian relations based on the performances of Russian presidents, the Ukrainian theme and narrative of the legacy of the...
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Stalin: useful and dangerous. Stalinism in a historical policy of Putin's Russia.
Ivonina, Natalia ; Marková, Alena (advisor) ; Černý, Karel (referee)
The paper is dealing with the changes in the place of Stalinism in the historical policy of the Russian government after the year 2012, that have taken place due to the mass protests, declining state's legitimacy, and emerging need to create a new official unifying narrative. The challenges for historical policy and the ways it reacted to them are examined by analyzing speeches of the politicians and influencers supported by the state, activities of state organizations, and evolution of memorial legislation, as well as the influence of the historical policy on the schoolbooks. The conclusion is made, that two main challenges with including Stalinism in the official narrative were the problematic role of Stalin in the Second world war and its relation to the Soviet state and Soviet ideology. Change in the official reaction to these challenges was connected to the changes in the place of Stalinism in official rhetoric. Key words: historical policy, Stalinism, Putin's Russia
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