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Flashcards by Chloe Fairbrother, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Chloe Fairbrother
over 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| What % of Russian citizens were actually Russian nationals? | 50% |
| What other nationalities were there? | Ukrainian Polish White Russian Jewish German Latvian Finnish |
| When was 'The Polish Revolt'? | 1863 |
| What were the four main terms of Russification? | Russian language Russian culture Russian customs Russian Orthodox religion |
| Which three non-Russian territories were Russian officials brought in to run regional governments? | Poland Latvia Finland |
| How did the Russian government react to 'The Polish Revolt of 1863'? | 100's of Polish noblemen exiled to Siberia; their states offered to migrating Russians Polish serfs offered more generous Emancipation terms in order to win their loyalty to the tsarist state. |
| How significant was the size of the Ukrainian population in terms of the total Russian Empire? | It was the second-largest ethnic group. |
| What nationality were the Cossacks? | Ukranian |
| What did the decree passed by Alexander III on the Ukrainian people ban? | Publication of books in Ukrainian scripture Use of the Ukrainian language in the theater. |
| How many Jewish people were there in the Russian Empire by the 1880's? | Approx. 5 million |
| Where was the 'Pale of Settlement' located? | The Eastern borders of Poland, the Ukraine, and White Russia. |
| Give one example of an event where Jews were forced to leave a Russian city and emigrate to the Pale of Settlement? | In 1891, a group of Jews were expelled from Moscow. |
| When were 'Pogroms' most frequently carried out? | During the 1880's, in the cities. |
| What was the stance of the Russian authorities on the matter of 'Pogroms'? | Local authorities and the police were either involved themselves, or faked nonchalance. Agents from the Minister of Interior were supportive of Pogroms, and would even help to plan them alongside anti-Semitic groups. |
| Which two nations did mass numbers of Russian Jews immigrate to? | USA and western Europe. |
| In 1897, what was the name of the unions being formed by some Russian Jews? | Bund(s) |
| Name four leading members of the Bolshevik Party who were Jewish. | Trotsky Martov Zinoviev Kamenev |
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