HIB0372I Lenins Russia I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Libor Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Thu 13:20–14:55 B21
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 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/90
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Course focuses on history of Russia and Eastern Europe in general since the downfall of Tsarist Russia until the death of Lenin. Creation, development and rise to power of communist movement is also part of the course. Students are supposed to get basic survey of East European and Russian history during first few decades of 20th century, as well as the ability to understand these events into a broader context.
Syllabus
  • Russia in 18th and 19th centuries; Russia under the last of the Czars; emergence and development of Russian socialism; revolution of 1905; Russia in the Great War; Lenin in emigration; February revolution; Provisional government; coup de etat of November 1917; war communism; CHEKA; the Civil War; wars of re-unification; the Third Internationale and efforts of exporting the communism abroad; war communism in crisis; NEP; creation of the USSR; stabilization; Lenin’s illness, death, and following struggle for succession
Literature
  • Pipes, Richard: The Russian Revolution, New York, 1990.
  • Russia under the Bolshevik Regime
  • Pipes, Richard: Russia under the Bolshevik Regime. New York 1994.
  • SERVICE, Robert. Lenin : životopis. Translated by Pavel Vereš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 496 s. ISBN 8072034154. 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
Assessment methods
lecture; colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
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