1. Master the basic problems of interpreting communism as a historical phenomenon; 2. Distinguish processes of individual historical period of communism and themes according to historiographic approaches and research achievements; 3. Critically analyze and interpret ssources and literature on the history of communism; 4. Use the contributions of other scientific disciplines in historiographic work and the necessity of an interdisciplinary approach to observing communism as a transnational historical phenomenon; 5. Write a clear and structured paper; 6. Adhere to ethical principles in work.

R. Pipes, Communism: a history, New York: Modern Library, 2001.

H. Arendt; The Origins of Totalitarianism. New York: Schocken Books, 1951; I. Banac, With Stalin against Tito: cominformist splits in Yugoslav communism. Ithaca; London: Cornell University Press, 1988; A. Brown, The rise and fall of communism. London: Vintage Books, 2010; J. Chang & J. Halliday, Mao: The Unknown Story. London: Jonathan Cape, 2005; S. Courtios et al., The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Cambridge, Mass.; London: Harvard University Press, 2004; S. Courtois et al., The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999; M. Đilas, The New Class: An Analysis of the Communist System. New York: Frederick A. Praeger 1957; B. Fowkes, The Rise and Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. Basingstoke; London: Macmillan Press, 1995; R. Conquest, The Harvest of Sorrow. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986; V. I. Lenin, State and Revolution, London: Penguin Books, 1993; K. Marx, Capital: A Critique of Political Economy, translated by Samuel Moore, Edward Aveling and Ernest Untermann, edited by Frederick Engels. New York: The Modern Library, 1906; K. Marx & F. Engels, Manifesto of the Communist Party. London 1848; R. J. Overy, The Dictators: Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia, New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 2004; R. Pipes, The Russian Revolution. New York: Vintage Books, 1991; S. Pons & R. Srevice (eds.), A dictionary of 20th-century communism. Princeton; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010; S. A. Smith (ed.), The Oxford handbook of the history of communism, New York – Oxford University Press, 2014; A. Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago. Paris: YMCA Press, 1973; M. Todorova (ed.), Remembering communism: genres of representation. New York: Social Science Research Council, 2010; S. Yekelchyk, Stalin's Citizens: Everyday Politics in the Wake of Total War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014; G. Young, The Communist Experience in the Twentieth Century: A Global History Through Sources. New York; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012.

1. Regular attendance at classes – attendance of at least 70 % of classes according to the study program.

2. Fully completed seminar obligations - prepared and submitted assignments (seminar paper).

3. Obtaining a minimum success rate of 35 % during classes within the assigned teaching activities - achieved cumulatively.

1. Teaching activities (continuous knowledge assessment, midterm exams, seminar).
2. Final exam (oral).

Grade Scale:

insufficient (1) – 0 to 49.9%

sufficient (2) – 50–64.9%

good (3) – 65–79.9%

very good (4) – 80–89.9%

excellent (5) – 90% and above.

a) Teaching activities:

a) Seminar obligations – 20 % of the grade

b) Midterm exam 1 – 25 % of the grade

c) Midterm exam 2 – 25 % of the grade

b) Final exam:

             a) Final exam – oral: 30 % of the grade (to pass, it is necessary   to solve at least 50% of the exam)