National Minorites and Policy of Russification
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What was particularly disturbing for the autocracy in the 1860s?
the Polish Revolt of 1963
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Who was determined to see the Orthodox church at the centre of Russification and directed religious policy to this end?
Pobedonostev
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What did Pobedonostev believe about non-Orthodox subjects?
that they must be disloyal
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How many Muslim tartars were converted to Christianity under the Orthodox church?
100,000
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How many Lutherans converted to Orthodoxy under Alexander III?
37,000
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How were national minorites forced to fit in in Russia?
they had to adopt the Russian language, culture, customs and religion-losing their own national identity
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Where was the Russian language used only?
in schools, law courts and regional government
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Who usually got the important jobs in government?
Russians
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What was there a number of, where national minorities seeked greater personal freedom and more autonomy?
uprisings and protests
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Why were Poles regarded as disloyal?
due to the Polish uprising (and year of insurrection that followed) in 1963
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Where were hundreds of Polish noblemen exiled to?
Siberia
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Who were one of the first national groups to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the 1905 revolution?
the Poles
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What nationality was developing a strong intelligentsia?
the Ukranians
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How did Alexander III try to restrict the Ukranians?
issued a decree prohibiting the publication of books in Ukranian and the use of Ukranian in the theatre
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What area were the Jews forced into?
the Pale of Settlement (outer borders of Russia)
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Did the Jews have a good life in the Pale of Settlement?
no, most lived in poverty
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What were Jews not allowed to own under Alexander III?
property and land in rural areas (even inside the Pale)
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What professions were Jews not allowed to work in under Alexander III?
legal, military or medical professions
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Where were Jews not allowed to vote under Alexander III?
in zemstva and municipal elections
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In the 1880s there was a series of what against the Jews?
pogroms
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