HIB065n The Soviet Union in the era of J. V. Stalin

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Libor Svoboda, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Libor Svoboda, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 18:00–19:40 L21
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 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course focuses on the history of Russia and Eastern Europe from the death of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and the rise of Stalin to the leadership of the Soviet Union in 1924 to his death in 1953.
Learning outcomes
Students should gain a basic orientation in the history of communism, Eastern Europe and Russia in the era of the government of Josef Stalin from the mid twenties to early fifties of the 20th century.
Syllabus
  • Russia in the years 1917 - 1924, the establishment of the Soviet Union, Lenin's death, Stalin's youth and his rise to power, industrialization, collectivization, the great terror, Soviet foreign policy in the twenties and thirties, III. International, Cult of personality, Molotov - Ribbentrop Pact, World War II, the Soviet Union as a world power and the emergence of the Soviet bloc, the beginning of the Cold War, the Soviet Union in the last years of Stalin 's rule, Stalin' s death and his legacy.
Literature
  • FITZPATRICK, Sheila: Resistance and Survival in the Russian Village after Collectivization, New York and Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1994.
  • R. G. Pichoja. Sovětskij sojuz: istorija vlasti 1945 – 1991. Novosibirsk 2000.
  • HOLLOWAY, David. Stalin a bomba : Sovětský svaz a jaderná energie 1939-1956. Translated by Šimon Pellar. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 572 s. ISBN 9788020016423. info
  • BABEROWSKI, Jörg. Rudý teror : dějiny stalinismu. Translated by Jiří Pondělíček. 1. vyd. Praha: Brána, 2004, 221 s. ISBN 8072432168. info
  • MALIA, Martin E. Sovětská tragédie : dějiny socialismu v Rusku v letech 1917-1991. Translated by Pavel Vereš. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2004, 566 s. ISBN 8072035665. info
  • FITZPATRICK, Sheila. Everyday stalinism : ordinary life in extraordinary times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s. 1st issued. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000, x, 288. ISBN 9780195050011. info
  • TUCKER, Robert C. Stalin na vrcholu moci : revoluce shora 1928-41. Translated by Zdeněk Hron. 1. vyd. v čes. jazyce. Praha: BB art, 2000, 751 s. ISBN 8072571486. info
  • Stalinism : new directions. Edited by Sheila Fitzpatrick. 1st pub. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2000, xviii, 377. ISBN 0415152348. info
  • VEBER, Václav. Stalin : stručný životopis. Vyd. 1. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 1996, 202 s. ISBN 8071841374. info
  • FAINSOD, Merle. Smolensk under soviet rule. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1958, x, 484. info
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Teacher's information
Students will be introduced to other literature during the course.
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