Alex III: Empire , Russification, Anti-semitism

key facts and figures

Dates of Alex III reign

1881-1894

What was the name of the editor of the Moscow News

Katkov - russification enthusiast

DATES: Russification in Caucasus and Turkic area

1880-1914

Russification in Caucasus and Turkic area

Primary education in Russian

Took on Russian surnames

Russification in Georgia and Armenia

naturally pro russian and christian so russification successful

Russification in Ukraine

No recognition of Ukraine as a national group

heavy influx of Russians into Eastern Ukraine 1870

Russification of Central Asia

only just secured

treated as a colony

steadily populated by ethnic Russians from 1890

Russification of Baltic States

imposed Russian on largely German univeristy of Dorpat 

Renamed uni of Dorpat to Ieurev uni 1893

Russification of Poland

Russian had to be taught and all teaching in russian except in primary school

100,000 troops stationed

How many troops were stationed in Poland

100,000

Who became minister of interior 1881

Ignatiev

DATE: Ignatiev is appointed minister of interior

1881

DATE: Jews right to property restricted and had to stay in the pale

1882

Oppression of Jews

not allowed to be in legal, medical and military professions

Denied vote in local elections

higher education quota

regular pogroms

What percent of jewish pop were expelled from Moscow 1891

2/3

DATE: 2/3 of Moscow Jewish pop expelled

1891

which groups led pogroms in the Pale

Ukrainian peasants 

Cossacks

DATE: Polish Socialist Party, SDP and nationalist parties NDs are formed

1892