Alexander Third Flashcards
2 of Sergei Wittes economic policies
- Foreign Investment increased by 3 x
- High Tarriffs (protectionism)
How long was the Trans - Siberian Railway
9000km
What two things did the Railway mean to Russia
- Troops and supplies could travel quickly across its vast empire
- Showed the world that Russia was capable of a great industrial project
When did Russification begin
1881 after the assassination of Alexander second
What was the aim of Russification
To consolidate a Russian identity and loyalty at the empires centre, in order to help prevent the minority of nationalists.
What did Russification do to people in areas like Poland, Lithuania and Ukraine
Forced them to speak the Russian dialect and destroyed their own cultures in order to try to unify the divers empire
What were pogroms
Violent attacks on jews by local non jewish people, often encouraged by the Black Hundreds (under control of the state)
What was the Pale of Jewish Settlement
The borders of Jewish settlement from 1791 until 1917
When were the May laws introduced
15th May 1882
3 Policies of the May Laws
- Had to follow christian trading hours within businesses (not open or Sundays or Christian holidays)
- Jews could not get a mortgage
- Jews could not lease anyone houses
