1 Russification

Question 1

Polish revolt

Answer 1

1863
Brutally suppressed

Question 2

Ukrainian language prohibited in publications and performances

Answer 2

1876

Question 3

Impact on Jews of 1881 assassination

Answer 3

Press encouraged belief that they were responsible
(Okhrana encouraged) 1881 to 1884 Pogroms

Question 4

How was Alexander II more liberal towards national minorities?

Answer 4

He allowed some Jews to settle outside the Pale of Settlement and into government services and universities

He gave the Finns a Parliament (the Diet)

Question 5

Alexander III number of ‘dissidents’ exiled

Answer 5

5,000

Question 6

Example of discriminatory legislation against Jews by Alexander III

Answer 6

The May Laws 1882

Question 7

Society converting Muslims and ‘heathens’ to Orthodox Christianity

Answer 7

The All-Russian Orthodox Missionary Society

Question 8

How many people had the AROMS claimed to have converted?

Answer 8

60,000 by 1894

Question 9

How many mass disturbances were there resisting Russification?

Answer 9

332 in 1888

Question 10

When was the Diet weakened?

Answer 10

1892

Question 11

Jewish expulsion from Moscow

Answer 11

1891 over 10,000

Question 12

When was the Polish language prohibited in schools and colleges?

Answer 12

1897

Question 13

What impact did Russification have?

Answer 13

Weakened the Russian state by antagonising non-Russians and engendering hatred for the Tsarist regime