Opposition from nationalities Flashcards
1
Q
Why was there opposition from nationalities?
A
-Resentment of Russian control and Russification
-Forced language and customs
-Russian officials governing Poland, Latvia and Finland.
2
Q
Which policies of Russification particularly caused opposition?
A
-Poland could not teach Polish
-Minorities paying large sums to imperial treasury
-Russian ‘superiority’
-Catholic interference
3
Q
Where were Jewish people forced to live?
A
-‘in the Pale of settlement’
4
Q
What persecution did Jewish people face?
A
-‘pale’
-deliberate anti-Semitism
-Pogroms organised attacks.
5
Q
How did the nationalities respond to this persecution?
A
-riots and protests.
