You are invited to a public guest lecture by Associate Professor Tomáš Sniegoň (Lund University), a leading expert on the history of post-communist countries, particularly Russia and Central Europe.
The lecture, titled “Russia Under Surveillance – From Lenin to Putin: ‘Chekism’ as the Backbone of the Russian and Soviet Dictatorship”, will take place on:
- Start:
- 4. 12. 2025, 17:30
- End:
- 4. 12. 2025, 19:00
- Location:
- Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1, room P313
- Website:
- forms.office.com/e/RQMTe3LPK2
- Event type:
- Workshop
The event is free of charge and will be held in Czech. A discussion will follow the lecture.
What will you learn?
- How the relationship between Soviet/Russian state security and state politics has evolved since 1917.
- What “Chekism” is and why it became the backbone of both Soviet and Russian dictatorship.
- Which values, norms, and practices today’s secret services inherited from the original Cheka.
- Why contemporary Russian agents still proudly refer to themselves as “Chekists” despite numerous
- What role state security has played—and continues to play—in Russia’s authoritarian system.reforms.
More information is available on the Faculty of Arts website:
https://www.ff.cuni.cz/…/na-ff-uk-probehne-verejna…/
The lecture is organized by the Department of East European Studies in cooperation with the ERA-AREAS project, which supports the development of research and teaching in area studies at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University. The project is funded by the European Union.