Alexander III - Russification Flashcards
Russification is…
Discriminatory legislation devised to suppress all non-Russians
____ were completely disenfranchised
Jews
In the _____, there was a wave of pogroms
1880s and early 1890s
In Moscow, ____ Jews were forced to leave
20,000
Which society was established to enforce religious Russification?
The All-Russian Orthodox Missionary Society
The AROMS claimed to have converted ______ ‘heathens’ to Orthodox Christianity in ____
60,000
1894
Name one method the AROMS used
Forced baptisms
In 1897, ____ was banned in all schools and colleges
The Polish language
Russification weakened the Russian state by…
Antagonising non-Russians and engendering hatred for the Tsarist regime
There were ___ mass disturbances resisting Russificiation
332
The Russification policies spurred…
Nationalist movements