This article attempts to analyze the early stage of the Sovietization of the Czechoslovak higher economic school and economic science in the period 1945–1948 was made. Although the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia had not yet gained full power at that time, it had a decisive influence on the transformation of education and science according to Soviet models and examples. The special focus will be on the functioning of specific scientific and educational institutions in the new political factors. On the one hand, the activities of former higher education institutions, such as the Czech Higher Technical School and Charles University, are outlined. On the other hand, emphasis is placed on creating educational institutions of a new type. These included the Higher Political and Social School, which opened in October 1945. The Czechoslovak communists saw it as the most important platform for spreading their ideological influence. The focus of the article is the analysis of the academic staff. The position of bearers of interwar traditions in teaching and studying economics was comprehended (Karel Engliš, Josef Macek). The activities of new teachers who enjoyed the patronage of the Communist Party (Ladislav Štoll, Felix Oliva) were also analyzed. Although the communists influenced on higher education, they did not have enough supporters to monopolize the teaching of economics. In addition, democratic forces stood in their way, enjoying considerable sympathy in academic and student circles. Only after the events of February 1948 did the communists get the opportunity to radically change the entire system of higher economic education, focusing mainly on Soviet models and examples.
Czechoslovakia; Sovietization; Soviet-Czechoslovak relations; higher education; history of economics; Higher Political and Social School in Prague.