Slavonik political biography on the "Slovanskў přehled" ("Slavonic revue") pages

The article reviews trends in political biography of Slavonic studies, in particular in the context of Western and Southern Slavs, in Czech science of the twentieth century on the basis of publications in the scientific journal "Slovanský přehled" ("Slavonic Review"). Biographical Slavonic studies are almost unexplored aspects of the historiographical and literary narrative, which contains comparative moments that are inherent to Slavonic studies. The political biographies, which are part of one of the most popular genres of biography in most nations of the world, are a reflection of the socio-political development of societies and were published in the journal "Slovanský přehled" ("Slavonic Review") are presentative for the tendencies of twentieth-century Czech Slavonic studies.In the interwar period, Czech researchers were most interested in Yugoslav political biography. This is probably due to the fascination of researchers with the scale of the Slavonic country, which emerged from the First World War among the winners. The largest number of political biographies appeared during the "socialist" Czechoslovakia and concerned the glorification or coverage of "reciprocity" between the ideologically acceptable Slavonic socialists. Most Bulgarian socialists were considered such at that time, so they were marked by the largest number of studies. On the other hand, during this period there were sketches of "antiheroes" of the Slavic world, which was typical of most Slavic scholars, Josip Broz Tito. At the same time, many publications concern Poles, but previous historical epochs: XVI–XIX centuries, in particular kings Vladislav Jagiello, who facilitated the alliance with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Casimir the Great, Sigismund Augustus – the last king of the Jagiellonian dynasty and others, which is evidence of the interest of Czech researchers in the culture and heritage of the neighboring people.