The death of L. I. Brežněv and it's reflection in czech newspapers

Bachelor thesis "The Death of L.I. Brezhnev and its Representation in the Czech Contemporary Press" illustrates the way in which contemporary journals informed the public about the death of Soviet leader Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev in November 1982. Research in this area will include the analysis of three Czechoslovak national newspapers (Rudé právo, Mladá fronta and Svobodné Slovo) and one regional newspaper (Večerní Praha). The reference period of the study is November 1982 (from November 1st 1982 till November 31st 1982). The thesis will firstly analyze the way how contemporary journals wrote about Leonid Brezhnev during the time before his death (particularly we will search for any information in media connected to Brezhnev's deteriorating health condition), secondly it will research what kind of information media provided about Brezhnev's death and subsequent burial. Finally it will describe the image of Leonid Brezhnev presented by media in connection with the above mentioned events. The theoretical part of this thesis presents the personality of Leonid Brezhnev, who was the leader of the Soviet Union since 1964 when he was elected as the First Secretary of the Communist Party until his death in 1982 and it portrays his political career and the cult of his personality in the last years of his life. Powered..