Chapter 4 - Russification - Economic Impacts Flashcards
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF RUSSIFICATION
economic impacts of russification
Finland: Nicholas II
What did Finland have to use from 1901 onwards?
Russian stamps
Ukraine: Stalin
What was violently opposed in Ukraine during the reign of Stalin?
The collectivisation programme
What was the Ukraininan Holodomor famine seen as?
A punishment dished out to the Ukrainian peasants
Poland: Alexander II
What happened to Polish serfs under Alexander II?
They were emancipated
How was Polish emancipation similar but better to Russian emancipation?
Emancipated serfs had to pay redemption payments, but were given better rights than their Russian counterparts
Poland: Stalin
What did Poland become under Stalin?
A communist country
What did the Polish economy become under Stalin?
A command economy
Central Asia: Stalin
What was evacuated to Central Asia during WW2?
Soviet heavy industry
What destroyed the nomadic way of life in Central Asia?
Collectivisation