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Russification under AII and AIII (71 cards)

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What was Russification?

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The belief that Russian culture was superior and to create a single national identity across the Russian Empire

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Why was Russification needed?

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Policy making for all 100 ethnic groups was hard

Necessary to hold Empire together

Russian national identity to increase military control

Russia needed unity between different nationalities

Growth of ethnic minorities threatened the Russian Empire

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How was Russia a multi-national Empire?

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Had over 100 different ethnic groups with distinctive national identities and cultures

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How much of the proportion was Slavs?

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2/3

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Who lived in the north of European Russia?

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Finns, Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians

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Where did Lutheran Germans live?

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Baltic area

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Who lived near the West?

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Catholic Poles and Jews

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How many Romanians lived in Bessarabia?

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1 million

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Who lived in the Caucasus?

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Georgians and Azerbaijanis

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Where did Ukrainians?

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South and south-west

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Where did the Tatars live?

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East-central Russia in Tatarstan

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Why was the Muslim population up to 10 million?

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Continual Imperial expansion in Asia

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Why was the diverse Empire a challenge to autocracy?

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National ideology developing which provoked ethnic groups to assert identities and national cultures which was contrary to the autocracy which wanted national superiority

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Describe the Polish rebellion 1830?

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Polish nationalism surfaces when young officers revolt when independence stripped

This created national uprisings

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In the 1840s what group was set up?

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Finish language pressure group and local newspapers founded in the Baltic region

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What did the secret “Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius” do?

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Encouraged the separation of Ukrainian Slavs from Russia

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What was Alexander II’s opinion on Russification?

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More concerned with matters of racial superiority and didn’t persecute ethnic minorities

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Describe 1 challenge to AII authority?

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The Polish rebellion in 1863 with more than 200,000 Poles creating a National Government for Poland saw a guerilla warfare taking place and the Poles were crushed in 1864

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What were Latvians and Estonians allowed to keep as a result of decrees in 1864 and 1875?

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Revert to Lutheranism where previously Orthodox was demandedW

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What were Finns allowed to do?

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Have their own Parliament

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Give three examples of AII’s growing intolerance of national differences?

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Supressed Ukrainian national identity by preventing Ukrainian language in publications

Banned Lithuanians and Poles holding public jobs

Ministers keen to reinforce regime prohibited the use of spoken Polish language

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Describe AIII attitude to Russification

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More hostile attitude to ethnic minorities and national differences
He destroyed non-Russian cultures and set on a path of ultra nationalism

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What is cultural Russification

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AIII ministers wanted to force everyone into a single nation with a shared identity and make Russian culture superior to others

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When was the Polish National Bank closed?

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1885

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Describe 4 restrictions placed on Finland?
Parliament re-organised to weaken political influence. Use of Russian language demanded Independent postal service was abolished Russian coinage replaced local currency
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Describe two restrictions placed on Poland?
Schools and universities had to teach subjects in Russia Administration changed to curb independence
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Who surprisedly faced aggressive Russification from the Tsar?
The Baltic Germans as they had enjoyed protection from predecessors
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What measures were introduced between 1885 and 1889?
Measures to enforce the use of Russian language in all state offices, schools, police force and judicial system - meant schools were Russified
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What name did the University of Dorpar become?
Iurev University
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Where did Russification extend to?
Belorussia, Georgia and Ukraine
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What occurred in Ukraine under AIII?
Limited use of language in 1883 and in 1884 all theatres were closed
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What occurred in the military under AIII?
Military services arrangements were extended into areas exempt and conscripts from national areas were dispersed to prevent national groupings developing in the army Russian became main language in the army
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Where were the 4 uprisings of ethnic minorities in the Further East?
Guriya, Georgia in 1892 Bashkira in 1884 Armenia in 1886 Tashkent in 1892 Subject to further Russification
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Where were most people adherent to?
Orthodox Church
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How many Lutheran converted to Orthodoxy to take advantage of special measures?
37000 in the Baltic region
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What happened in Poland Churches under AIII?
Catholic monasteries were closed Influence of priests declined More incentive for non-Catholic to settle here
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Who tried to convert people of other faiths through forced masses and baptisms?
The All-Russian Orthodox Missionary Society in Asia
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What year where non-Orthodox Churches not allowed to build new buildings/
1883
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Why were people exiled to Siberia?
If they tried to convert someone of the Orthodox Church to another faith
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What did the Department of Police record in June 1888?
332 cases of unrest in 61 of the 92 provinces and districts - 43 of these in 9 of the 12 central provinces
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In how many of these cases where military used?
51
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Which groups were resentful of Russification?
Educated and wealthy Finns, Poles and Baltic Germans
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How did these groups show resentment to Russification?
National groups petitioned for liberties and secretly published local language books Ethnic groups existed
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Why did people support Russification?
Necessary to unite the country Believed acting for greater good Wanted to improve administration, allow for modernisation and reassert Russian strength in the Empire. Time of nationalistic feeling
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What did Russification actually do?
Intensified national feeling among non-Russian in the Empire Drove wealthier citizens to emigrate More persuaded to join political opposition groups
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What was anti-Semitism?
Certain persecution of Jews that may be hatred towards a community Jews suffered a lot as a result from intense nationalism
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How may Jews lived in the Russian Empire?
5 million
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From what year where Jews confined to the Pale of Settlement?
1736
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What was the Pale of Settlement?
A region in the south and west part of European Russia which comprised 20% of Russia
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When was the Pale created/
1791
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Where did anti-Semitism exist in AII reign?
Among poorer elements in society
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Give three reasons as to why anti-Semitism existed?
Teachings of the Church taught dislike to Jews Personal riches AII had allowed wealthier Jews to settle elsewhere
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After the Polish revolt, what did AII do?
Withdrew concessions and reduced participation of Jews in zemstva
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Who encouraged AIII to pursue Anti-Semitism?
His ministers like Pobedonostse who used slogans
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Give three reasons why anti-Semitism existed under AIII?
Religious grounds - crucifixion Political concerns over his father's assassination - right wing press encouraged belief Jews had orchestrated the assassination Fear of Jewish involvement in growing opposition movements
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When and where did anti-Jewish pogroms start?
In April 1881 in Ukraine Yelizavetgrad
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What did the early pogroms start?
Business competition in the railway Encouraged by the Okhrana using a link to the assassination
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What was the government reaction to the pogroms?
Authorities were slow to act and did little to stop the violence Holy League Organisation helped to coordinate early attacks - supported by Pobedonostsev
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Where did the riots spread?
Ukrainian towns to Warsaw and many Jews fled into Western Europe
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How many cities were affected?
16
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What occurred during riots?
Property burnet and shops destroyed, murder and other crimes
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What were the consequences of the riots?
Many Jews left the country - some were forcibly deported from Kiev in 1886 Forced many to join revolutionary groups and socialist organisations
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What occurred in 1890 with anti-Semitism?
Foreign Jews and Russian Jews who lived outside the Pale were deported
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How many Jewish artisans were expelled from Moscow in 1891-1892?
10000
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What di the Grand Duke Alexandrovich, AIII brother do?
Made Governor-General in 1892 and forced 20000 Jews from the city during Passover
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What decree was passed in 1882?
Reduced number of Jewish doctors in the Russia army as they had the rights of army officers May Laws ordered 14 apothecaries to shut down businesses
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What anti-Semitic legislation was passed in 1886?
No Jew can be elected to board of an orphan asylum Jews engaged with selling alcohol can only do from own home
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What anti-Semitic legislation was passed in 1887?
Jews graduated outside Russia didn't have the right to reside outside the Pale Jews admitted to schools and universities regulated - 10% in Pale, 5% outside and 3% in capitals
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What anti-Semitic legislation was passed in 1889?
Jews need a special permit from the Minister of Justice to be elected to the Bar and needed consent to become a barrister
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What anti-Semitic legislation was passed in 1881?
Non-Christians cannot buy property in provinces of Akmolinsk, Semirietchensk, Uralsk and Turgai
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What anti-Semitic legislation was passed in 1892?
Jews banned from participating in local elections and didn't have the right to be elected to town dumas. Mining Industry closed to Jews

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