HIB0373 Sovietization of Central Europe

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
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 15:00–16:35 zrusena A22 stara
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
The course focuses on history of Eastern Europe between 1944 and 1956, following its gradual subordination to Soviet will. Starting point is the end of the Second World War and the end has been put in about Hungarian uprising in 1956. Students are supposed to get acquainted with the history of Eastern Europe in the middle of 20th century, with special attention given to the process of forming the Soviet bloc and communist totalitarian regimes in the area.
Syllabus
  • The Second World War; rise of the Soviet Union; the Jalta Conference; Poland between 1944 and 1947; Hungary, Romania and Bulgria after the Second World War; Czechoslovakia and the February of 1948; political trials in eastern Europe; first crisis of communism; Eastern Europe after Stalin’s death; events in Hungary and Poland in 1956.
Literature
  • Skrzypek, Andrzej: Mechanizmy uzależnienia. Stosunki polsko-radzieckie 1944 – 1957, Pułtusk 2002.
  • VYKOUKAL, Jiří P., Bohuslav LITERA and Miroslav TEJCHMAN. Východ :vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. 1. vyd. Praha: Libri, 2000, 860 s. ISBN 80-85983-82-6. info
Assessment methods
lecture; colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
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