The Chronicle of A Life. The Life and Opinions of Josef Čermák (1884-1958), a Citizen of Humpolec

This diploma thesis is a look at the life story of an agronomists, beekeeper and originally also an admirer of Russia, Josef Cermak (1884-1958). The main source was the ancestral chronicle and memoirs written by Josef Cermak which guide the reader through the life of the author. He witnessed important historic events of the twentieth century, like the two world wars, the effects of the Russian revolution, the Great Depression and the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état. The author was inspired by historico-anthropological approaches that deal specifically with the question of one?s identity formation, self-presentation and the image of the other. The attention was also focused on the memory of Josef Cermak and methods of its formation. The work is divided into two parts. The first one deals with memory and self-presentation of the actor, in the other one the image of Russia in the eyes of the Czech lands and Josef Cermak is being addressed