Hussite movement in interpretation of soviet historian Valentin Rubtsov

Valentin Rubtsov (1923-1994)
Education: Department of history of the Odessa State University (1950); Institute of Slavic studies (1953);
Academic degree: Ph.D (1964);
Work: Coordination Council of scholarly activity; editorial and publishing Council of the USSR Academy of sciences; collaborated with publishing houses «Politizdat» and «Thought».

Scholarly and creative activities
«Czech on the eve of the Hussite movement»;
Ph.D thesis: «The evolution of feudal rent in Czech and its influence on the deterioration of the situation of the peasantry on the eve of the great peasant war of the 15th century» (1953);
«Hussite wars» (1955);
«Evolution of feudal rent in Czech» (1958);
Doctoral dissertation: «Researches on the agrarian history of Czech» (1964).

The main thesis of the book
Jan Hus was a Czech patriot and fighter against Catholic obscurantism;
The feudal system was not equitable;
Hussite wars were the peasant rebellion against feudal exploitation and foreign aggression;
Hussite wars became international.