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A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 > 6 - Alexander III, Russification And The Treatment Of Ethnic Minorities And Jews > Flashcards

6 - Alexander III, Russification And The Treatment Of Ethnic Minorities And Jews Flashcards

1
Q

Who succeeded Alexander II? When was he crowned?

A

Alexander III

May 1881

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2
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Who was Alexander III advised by? Who was he?

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Konstantin Pobedonostev

Procurator of the Holy Synod

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3
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What did Pobedonostev encourage the Tsar to reassert?

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Autocracy

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4
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What did Alexander III publicly announce?

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“I am the sole ruler, as only absolute power can safeguard Russia”

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5
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What group had 150 people arrested and hanged? Why?

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People’s Will

Assassinated Alexander II

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6
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What happened to the powers of the police? What department was made to supervise the Okhrana?

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They increased

Department of Police

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7
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Who were the Department of Police made responsible to? Why?

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Ministry of Internal Affairs

So activities could be monitored

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8
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Who were also widely used? Who watched these people?

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Spies

Secret spies

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9
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What land rule was put in place in 1882? What could police agents do?

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Any area could be deemed “subversion”

Arrest, imprison and exile on suspicion

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10
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What judicial courts were reintroduced in 1885?

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Closed courts

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11
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What did Alexander III introduce in 1889? Who were they appointed by?

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Land Captains

Nobility

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12
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Who did Land Captains replace? Who could they override?

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Magistrates

Zemstva

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13
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What 2 things could Land Captains overturn?

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Local court judgements and flogging of peasants

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14
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What vote was reduced in 1890?

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Zemstva peasant vote

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15
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Who were removed from office?

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Outspoken Liberals

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16
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Whose creed did Alexander III adopt? What did this mean?

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Pobedonostev’s “Autocracy, Orthodoxy and Nationality”

Russification

17
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What is Russification?

A

Enforcement of Russian language and culture on ethnic minorities

18
Q

What was declared as the first language? What did this mean for the judicial system?

A

Russian

Trials and local government had to be conducted in Russian

19
Q

What was closed to non-fluent Russian speakers?

A

Public office

20
Q

What Church was adherence encouraged for? How many Lutherans converted?

A

Orthodox

37,000

21
Q

What Catholic buildings were closed down? What were non-Orthodox churches not allowed to do?

A

Monasteries

Build new places of worship

22
Q

Who suppressed Russification resistance?

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The military

23
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What 4 nationalities suffered the most?

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Poles, Finns, Baltic Germans and Ukrainians

24
Q

What was the intention of Russification? What did it intensify? What did it cause?

A

To “unite” the country
National feelings for non-Russians
Opposition groups

25
Q

Which religion suffered most from Russification? How many were living in Russia?

A

Jews

5 million

26
Q

What was ingrained in Russian society? What broke out between 1881-84?

A

Anti-semitism

Jewish pogroms

27
Q

What did authorities not do a lot of? What happened to many Jews? What happened to some Jewish property?

A

Curb anti-semitic violence
Raped or murdered
Destroyed

28
Q

What was passed during Alexander III’s reign to restrict Jews? Where were Jews forced to live?

A

Laws

Ghettos

29
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What happened to many Jews? Who were 2 key figures who joined revolutionary groups?

A

Emigrated or expelled

Leon Trotsky and Julius Martov

30
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What does Historian Martin Sixsmith say about Alexander III’s intentions towards Russification?

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“Alexander III wanted to unify the country by turning an empire into a nation”

31
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What does Historian Orlando Figes say about Russification’s central aim?

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“It had always been a central aim to assimilate non-Russian peoples”

32
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What does Historian John Gooding say about Jews?

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“Jews were seen as a particular problem”

A-Level History: Tsarist And Communist Russia - 1855-1964 (39 decks)

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