Alexander II Flashcards
1
Q
How were the jews treated under AII?
A
- Forced to live in the pale of settlement.
- Pogroms against Jews where business were destroyed, women were raped and men killed.
- Supported by the government.
2
Q
How had Poland fallen under the power of the tsars?
A
The congress of Vienna in 1815
3
Q
What was it like for Poland under the rule of the tsar?
A
- Had independence.
- Enjoyed a constitution, a parliament and the use of polish as an official language.
- Polish peasants were emancipated under more favourable terms than those in Russia.
- Uni opened in Warsaw.
- A similar form of the zemstva was established with a broader section of the polish society.
4
Q
What was the Milyutin plan of 1864 the result of?
A
An order for the conscription of the poles into the russian army sparked an armed insurrection to break out in Jan 1863.
5
Q
What was the Milyutin plan?
A
Hundreds of members of the polish nobility were exiled to Siberia.
