Konkrétní podoba semináře se mění v závislosti na osobě hostujícího odborníka. Výuka probíhá v anglickém jazyce. ZS 2023: History of the Soviet & Post-Soviet Russia (Dr Bruce Berglund, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, USA) COURSE SUMMARY: This course provides a survey of Russian history from the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 to the presidency of Vladimir Putin. The course will discuss Marxist-Leninist ideology, the creation of the Stalinist state, the Soviet bloc in Europe, the attempts at reform under Gorbachev, the transition to a new Russian state, and the background to the war in Ukraine. The course will emphasize political, diplomatic, economic, and cultural history.