The key to the culture of the region: conflicts - relations (I) - Russia, Belarus

Classroom

A series of classes devoted to selected issues of the history and culture of Russia and Belarus in the 20th century, with particular emphasis on political, religious and intercultural phenomena.

Classes are organized in the Program of Integrated Actions for the Development of the University of Warsaw (ZIP), co-financed by the European Social Fund under OP KED, path 3.5.

The subject is to familiarize students with the most important processes related to the development of intercultural relations, taking place in Russia and Belarus in the 20th century. These phenomena will be analyzed here through the prism of the formation of the distinctiveness of a given culture and the identity of its participants, taking into account the religious, linguistic, social, political and economic context. Particular emphasis will be placed on discussing those aspects that are conflicting in international relations and are the subject of different and contradictory collective perceptions. The student develops his research skills, learns to gain knowledge on his/her own, using the support of a research tutor.

The following issues will be discussed:

1. Shaping the Russian national idea and the emancipation of non-Russian nations in the Russian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

2. Shaping the Belarusian national identity against the background of nation-building processes in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th century

3. Poland in the face of Belarusian national aspirations and independence aspirations in the 20th century

4. Soviet nationality policy. Ethnic conflicts in the USSR

5. The cultural and linguistic situation in Soviet Belarus

6. Poles in Belarus and Russia (until 1991): numbers, activity and relations with the state

7. Russian culture in Poland in the 20th century (until 1989)

8. Polish-Belarusian relations in the years 1918-1945

9. "The Great Patriotic War": myths and reality

10. Memory conflict: the most important events of the 20th century as perceived by Poles and Belarusians

11. Customs and everyday life in the USSR

12. Dissident movements in the USSR: genesis, program, activity

13. Religion in the Soviet Union

14. Polish-Russian conflict of memory (translated into the history of the 20th century)

15. Belarusian minority in Poland after 1945

The lecturer reserves the right to introduce minor changes.

Student workload:

Participation in classes in the classroom - 30 hours (1 ECTS)

Preparation for classes in the classroom - 30 hours (1 ECTS)

General manuals:

Bazylew Ludwik, Wieczorkiewicz Paweł, Historia Rosji, Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków 2005.

Mironowicz Eugeniusz, Białoruś, Warszawa 2007.

Riasanovsky Nicholas, Steinberg Mark, Historia Rosji, Kraków 2009.

References:

Birstein V., Smiersz – tajna broń Stalina. Sowiecki kontrwywiad wojskowy podczas II wojny światowej, Kraków 2013.

Błaszczak T., Białorusini w Republice Litewskiej 1918-1940, Białystok 2017.

Boradyn Z., Niemen rzeka niezgody. Polsko-sowiecka wojna partyzancka na Nowogródczyźnie 1943–1944, Warszawa 1999.

Eberhardt P., Przemiany narodowościowe na Białorusi, Warszawa 1993.

Fursenko A., Naftali T., Tajna wojna Chruszczowa, Warszawa 2007.

Gdański J., Zapomniani żołnierze Hitlera, Warszawa 2005.

Głogowska H., Białoruś 1914—1929. Kultura pod presją polityki, Białystok 1996.

Głogowska H., Stosunki polsko-białoruskie w XX wieku: od Imperium Rosyjskiego do Unii Europejskiej, Białystok 2012.

Gomółka K., Białorusini w II Rzeczypospolitej, Gdańsk 1992.

Gomółka K., Między Polską a Rosją. Białorusini w koncepcjach polskich ugrupowań politycznych 1918-1922 , Warszawa 1994.

Grzybowski J., Białorusini w polskich regularnych formacjach wojskowych w latach 1918—1945, Warszawa 2007.

Grzybowski J., Pogoń między Orłem Białym, Swastyką i Czerwoną Gwiazdą. Białoruski ruch niepodległościowy w latach 1939-1956, Warszawa 2011.

Heller M., Historia Imperium Rosyjskiego, Warszawa 2002.

Hoffmann J., Rosyjscy sojusznicy Hitlera. Własow i jego armia, Warszawa 2008.

Iwanow M., Pierwszy naród ukarany. Polacy w Związku Radzieckim 1921-1939, Warszawa 1991.

Jarmusik E., Kościół katolicki na Białorusi 1939-1991 od zniszczenia do odrodzenia, Kraków 2012.

Karpus Z., Wschodni sojusznicy Polski w wojnie 1920 roku. Oddziały wojskowe ukraińskie, rosyjskie, kozackie і białoruskie w Polsce w latach 1919 – 1920, Toruń 1999.

Kenez P., Odkłamana historia Związku Radzieckiego, Warszawa 2008.

Koralewski J., Radzieccy Niemcy. Między deportacją a masową emigracją (1941-1991), Poznań 2010.

Łatyszonek O., Białoruskie formacje wojskowe 1917—1923, Białystok 1995.

Martin M., Sowiecka tragedia. Historia komunistycznego imperium rosyjskiego 1917—1991, Warszawa 1998.

Michaluk D., Białoruska Republika Ludowa 1918-1920. U podstaw białoruskiej państwowości, Toruń 2010.

Mironowicz E., Białorusini i Ukraińcy w polityce obozu piłsudczykowskiego, Białystok 2007.

Mironowicz E., Białorusini w Polsce 1944-1949, Warszawa 1993.

Mironowicz E., Tokć S., Radzik R., Zmiana struktury narodowościowej na pograniczu polsko-białoruskim w XX wieku, Białystok 2005.

Mironowicz E., Wojna wszystkich ze wszystkimi. Białoruś 1941-1944, Kraków 2015.

Nowak A., Jak rozbić Rosję? Idee polskiej polityki wschodniej (1733-1921), Kraków 1999.

Potyrała B., Fudali R., Od zwycięstwa do upadku. Siły zbrojne Związku Radzieckiego 1945-1991, Warszawa 2009.

Radzik R., Kim są Białorusini, Toruń 2000.

Smaga J., Rosja w 20 stuleciu, Kraków 2001.

Sobczak J., O Rosji nieco inaczej. Szkice i eseje z dziejów politycznych Rosji XVIII-XX w., Olsztyn 2001.

Sokołow B., ZSRR pod okupacją, Warszawa 2011.

Sołonin M., 22 czerwca 1941 czyli Jak zaczęła się Wielka Wojna ojczyźniana, Poznań 2007.

Sołonin M., Nic dobrego na wojnie, Poznań 2012.

Sołżenicyn A., Archipelag GUŁag, t.1-3, Warszawa 1990.

Suworow W., Lodołamacz, Warszawa 1997.

Szumski J., Sowietyzacja Zachodniej Białorusi 1944-1953. Propaganda i edukacja w służbie ideologii, Kraków 2010.

Turonek J., Białoruś pod okupacją niemiecką, Warszawa 1993.

Turonek J., Wacław Iwanowski i odrodzenie Białorusi, Warszawa 1992.

Wierzbicki M., Polacy i Białorusini w zaborze sowieckim. Stosunki polsko-białoruskie na ziemiach północno-wschodnich II Rzeczypospolitej pod okupacją sowiecką 1939—1941, Warszawa 2000.

Zajączkowski W., Rosja i narody. Ósmy kontynent. Szkic dziejów Eurazji, Warszawa 2009.

After completing the course, the student:

[Knowledge:]

1) knows and understands to a greater extent the history of Russia and Belarus of the 20th century and the issues, concepts and historical concepts linking it with Central and Eastern Europe as a region, with particular emphasis on cultural processes and phenomena in the context of social and political changes (K2_W04; Reference to P7S_WG Scope and depth, P7S_WK Context / determinants, effects)

2) knows and understands to a greater extent issues related to the development of national, religious, socio-political and economic relations in Russia and Belarus of the 20th century (K2_W06; Reference to P7S_WG Scope and depth, P7S_WK Context / conditions, effects)

[Skills:]

3) is able to find, select, analyze and use the information he needs from various sources (K2_U01; Reference to P7S_UW Using knowledge / solving problems and tasks performed)

4) is able to develop their research skills, independently acquire knowledge, using the support of a research tutor; skillfully formulate thoughts, present the results of research in the form of an oral or written statement (of various types) (K2_U03; Reference to P6S_UW Using knowledge / solving problems and tasks performed)

5) is able, referring to the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge, to use it in typical professional statements concerning the history of Russia and Belarus of the 20th century, as well as their specificity in the global context, to construct them logically, referring to the positions of other participants in these communication situations (K2_U06; Reference to P7S_UW Exploitation of knowledge / problem solved and tasks performed)

[Social competence:]

6) is ready to critically assess his knowledge, continuous training and supplementing the acquired knowledge (K2_K01; Reference to P7S_KK)

7) is ready to participate in cultural life and use its various forms (K2_K05; Reference to P7S_KO)

The condition for admission to pass the course is obligatory attendance in accordance with the Detailed Rules of Study at the Faculty of Applied Linguistics (Resolution No. 114 of the LS Faculty Council of 19/12/2017).

Classes will be conducted in the form of a discussion on the assigned readings or material presented by the teacher in the form of a presentation. Active participation in the discussion means participation in the discussion during at least 50% of the classes.

There will also be a written work (3-6 pp.) or a presentation on a topic assigned by the teacher. The deadline for submitting a written work is the date set by the teacher during the first or second class. People absent from these classes are required to obtain information from the teacher who teaches them.

The oral exam will cover knowledge of the material discussed in class during the semester and will include two randomly selected questions from the material discussed in class.

The final mark comprises the following elements:

Active and substantive participation in classes (20%).

Written work or presentation on a topic designated by the teacher (20%).

Oral exam (60%) (complete answer to the question = 30%, partial = 15%)

Grading system:

0% -49% - 2

50% -60% - 3

61% -70% - 3+

71% -80% - 4

81% -90% - 4+

91% -100% - 5

Additional knowledge - 5+