Nationalities 3 Flashcards
economic (10 cards)
when did Nicholas make Finland use Russian stamps?
1901
how did people view the Holodomor famine in Ukraine?
as a punishment dished out to Ukrainian peasants
when were the Polish serfs emancipated?
1863
how was the emancipation of Polish serfs different to those in Russia?
the polish serfs had more rights that Russian peasants, the Polish redemption payments were paid by all of the landowners, not just peasants
what did Khrushchev allow people in Poland to do?
leave collectivized farms and set up small holdings
how did the treaty of Brest-Litovsk impact the Russian empire?
A third of all agricultural land was lost.
A third of all railways was lost.
Two thirds of coal mines were lost.
All oil and cotton was lost.
what did Stalin forbid communist countries from doing during the Cold War
accepting Marshall aid
Why and when was Comecon set up?
1949 to coordinate the economies Eastern Europe. It existed only until 1959
when was the Ostmark introduced in the Soviet zone of East Germany?
1948
how much did East Germany have to pay in reparations?
$10 billion
