alexander II and the ethnic minorities

Question 1

Alexander II, like his predecessors, was more concerned with?

Answer 1

control than with matters of racial superiority

Question 2

when a further polish rebellion broke out in 1863 how did Alexander react?

Answer 2

swiftly and strongly,sending his own brother, Viceroy Duke Konstantin Nikolaevich to deal with the rebels

Question 3

how many poles joined in the Polish Rebellion 1863?

Answer 3

more than 200,000 poles had joined creating an underground national government for Poland, and they waged a form of guerilla warfare against their imperial masters

Question 4

poles soundly crushed after?

Answer 4

fierce fighting in 1864

Question 5

Alexander II did not engage in

Answer 5

systematic persecution of racial minorities

Question 6

what did Alexander use as a means of keeping control?

Answer 6

concessions(granting a request in respond to demand)

Question 7

example of concession

Answer 7

through decrees in 1864 and 1875, the Latvians and Estonians were allowed to revert to Lutheranism where previously orthodoxy had been demanded

Question 8

lutheranism

Answer 8

a form of Christianity based on the teachings of the 16th century German, Martin Luther

Question 9

Finns

Answer 9

allowed to have their own diet(parliament)
-tried to maintain good relations with Finnish people

Question 10

period of increased reaction towards the end of his reign saw?

Answer 10

growing intolerance of national differences on part of the Tsar’s ministers and administrators who were keen to reinforce the tsarist regime

Question 11

example of growing intolerance

Answer 11

prohibition on the use of the Ukrainian language in publications or performances in 1876

Question 12

more hostile attitude, turn into a far more aggressive campaign in?

Answer 12

the reign of Alexander’s son