Late Stalinism, which extended from 1945 to 1953, censored and coerced cinema with an efficiency unknown in the USSR, directing it cultural confrontation American archrival nascent Cold War. While regime demanded political films that showed problems crimes committed by enemy fostered internal unity, filmmakers sought circumvent guidelines insert criticisms subtly, or subject addressed, centered...

In the history of USSR, 1950s are a period rarely comprehended by historians as whole. Instead, they interpreted time transition from high Stalinism culture to thaw era. Meanwhile, at this time, economic and military-technical basis Soviet legacy was laid, which became Russian economy. The sociocultural factor that determined specifics is what Margaret Mead defined prefigurative — state society...

POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF THE FIRST SECRETARIES IN PERIOD REAL SOCIALISM The subject of the analysis is issue political leadership leaders communist parties in countries Central and Eastern Europe. Formed functioning systems were characterized by an undemocratic centralized internal character. Although degree repressiveness system evolved changed (from condemnation crimes so-called distortion Sta...

The present debate in Yugoslavia about "democratization" of the League Communists is a consequence Party's heritage anti-Stalinism, constitutional evolution country, and situation after Tito's death. Nearly two decades ago Praxis group political philosophers were first to criticize absence intraparty democracy, while many these critics silenced, their ideas have re-emerged during economic crisi...

Recenze analyzuje styčnĂŠ plochy a divergence dvou podobně zaměřenĂ˝ch publikacĂ­: Řídit socialismus jako firmu: TechnokratickĂŠ vlĂĄdnutĂ­ v Československu, 1956–1989 (Praha, NakladatelstvĂ­ LidovĂŠ noviny – Ústav pro soudobĂŠ dějiny AV ČR, v. i., 2019) od VĂ­tězslava Sommera jeho spoluautorĹŻ Architekti dlouhĂŠ změny: ExpertnĂ­ kořeny postsocialismu Československu ...

The article examines the de-Stalinization of war veterans’ organizations in Czechoslovakia. Building on testimonies and journalistic works concerning victims Stalinist purges persecution attempts to rehabilitate them, author elaborates her argument with case study prominent victims’ organization “Association Antifascist Fighters”. During Stalinism, all veterans who had not fought side by Soviet...