4. National Minorities: Caucasia Flashcards
Which national minority group remained loyal?
Finns
Baltic
Germans
What was the aim of the national minorities
Gain autonomy
Which national minority groups caused problems?
Poles
Ukrainians
Tartans
What lessened the threat of minorities?
Russification
What were the Caucasus divided along?
Along a religious line
What group in the Caucasus Christian?
Armenians
What group in the Caucasus Muslim?
Chechens
What religion were the Armenians?
Christian
What religion were the Chechens?
Muslim
What caused Russification to be easy in the Caucasus?
Religious divisions
High illiteracy rate
What did the high illiteracy rate and religious divisions cause?
Made Russification easy in the Caucasus area.
What was formed to combat the intrusions by Russian officials?
Dashnaks (Caucasians)
What did the dasknaks do?
Caucasians who organised self defence military units to combat Russian intrusions
Who were the 1894 Baltic Provinces influenced by?
Old Germán landowning nobility and gentry
Characterise the Baltic Provinces:
Stable
Prosperous
Supply of raw materials used in a range of industrial activities
Where was Riga?
In Latvia
Why was Riga important?
Important commercial and business centre
So many people migrated to this area
What allowed Russification in the Baltic Provinces?
Russian economic influence
What did a fall in German influence in the Baltic Provinces do?
Rise in nationalism within native Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians
