Open AccessVaclav Havel: A Symbol of Democratic Change in Central and Eastern Europe (to the 30th Anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia)
Author(s) -
Stepan Vidnyanskyj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
problemi vsesvìtnʹoï ìstorìï
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2707-6776
DOI - 10.46869/2707-6776-2019-8-9
Subject(s) - czech , democracy , politics , biography , presidency , communism , political science , ukrainian , economic history , law , sociology , media studies , history , philosophy , linguistics
The article is dedicated to the figure of the prominent Czech cultural and political figure Vaclav Havel. The author reveals the main stages of the biography of this famous personality from childhoodto the presidency. The literary, educational, dissident, human rights and political activities of V. Havel are characterized. The author summarizes the role and influence of the personality of the Czech leaderof post-communist Czechoslovakia and subsequently of the Czech Republic in the matter of returning the country to the community of European states. The pages of V. Havel’s biography are revealed onthe background of the main processes of Czech transit to democracy, namely in connection with the successful processes of Euro-Atlantic and European integration. The importance of the figure of thefirst President of the Czech Republic in its international recognition and the establishment of international relations and the pro-European foreign policy is emphasized. The article also describes the establishment of Ukrainian-Czech dialogue.