HIB0096 Nicholas II and his friend Rasputin. The Crisis and the Collapse of Imperial Russia

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2011
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Radomír Vlček, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 8:20–10:45 K33
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
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fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
An analysis of the political, economic and social situation of the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Russian affairs within the wider imperial and European context and the everyday life of Russian society. The aim is to identify the roots of the Russian way of thinking at the threshold of the 19th and 20th centuries, its manifestations in politics and everyday life, and to reflect the causes and conditions of the fact that in the early-20th-century Russia a specific form of mysticism played a significant role.
Syllabus
  • 1) References and sources for the history of Russia at the turn of the 19th and 20th century
  • 2) Russia in the period of reforms and opposite to reform
  • 3) Loris-Melikov and his "constitution"
  • 4) Russian conservatism
  • 5) expansionism of Russian Empire
  • 6) Life of Tsar Nicholas II
  • 7) Russia in international politics at the turn of the 19th and 20th century
  • 8) Russian messianism
  • 9) Grigori Rasputin
  • 10) Revolution 1905-1907
  • 11) Russia in World War
  • 12) The year 1917 in Russia
Literature
  • Peter Waldron, The End of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917. London 1997.
  • Reinterpreting Russia. Edited by Geoffrey Hosking and Robert Service. London, Sydney, Aucland 1999.
  • Henry Troyat, Rasputin. Praha 2009.
  • Nicholas V. Riasanovsky, A History of Russia. New York, Oxford 2000.
  • GILBERT, Felix and David Clay LARGE. Konec evropské éry : dějiny Evropy 1890-1990. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2003, 654 s. ISBN 8020408878. info
  • RADZINSKIJ, Èdvard Stanislavovič. Rasputin. Translated by Vlasta Tafelová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 2002, 465 s. ISBN 802040936X. info
  • FIGES, Orlando. Lidská tragédie : ruská revoluce 1891-1924. Translated by Daria Dvořáková. Vyd. 1. Praha: BETA-Dobrovský & Ševčík, 2000, 837 s. ISBN 807291006X. info
  • VEBER, Václav. Mikuláš II. a jeho svět : (Rusko 1894-1917). Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 505 s. ISBN 8071847933. info
  • FRANKENSTEIN, Norbert von. Rasputin : ďábel v mnišské kutně? Translated by Jindřich Buben. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2000, 190 s. ISBN 8072031090. info
  • PIPES, Richard. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Translated by Hana Gopaulová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 396 s. ISBN 8072030817. info
  • RADZINSKIJ, Èdvard Stanislavovič. Poslední car : zavraždění Mikuláše II. a jeho rodiny. Translated by Anna Nováková - Vlasta Tafelová. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1993, 408 s. ISBN 8020404112. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion
Assessment methods
colloquim
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2007.
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