Chapter 4 - Russification - Poland

Question 1

Chapter 4 - Russo-Polish relations

Answer 1

Russo-Polish relations

Question 2

Alexander II:
What were many Poles hopeful of?

Answer 2

Many Poles were hopeful that A2’s reformist attitude would lead to an improvement in their position after decades of repression

Question 3

Who became Prime Minister of Poland in 1862?

Answer 3

Aleksander Wielopolski

Question 4

What did PM Aleksander Wielopolski want for Poland?

Answer 4

Partial independence

Question 5

Why did the Polish Revolt happen?

Answer 5

Wielopolski forced people to be conscripted into the army

Question 6

When was the Polish Revolt?

Answer 6

January 1863 to Spring 1864

Question 7

Who stopped the Polish Revolt?

Answer 7

The Russian Army

Question 8

Political Impacts of the Polish Revolt:
Who was Poland put under the control of after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 8

Russian War Minister Dmitry Milyutin

Question 9

What happened to the Polish nobility after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 9

They were exiled to Siberia

Question 10

What was set up in rural areas after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 10

Rural district councils, similar to the Zemstva

Question 11

What did Poland become officially known as after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 11

The ‘Vistula region’ of Russia

Question 12

Social Impacts of the Polish Revolt:
What became the official language in Poland after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 12

Russian, taught in schools

Question 13

What was the Catholic church not allowed to do after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 13

Communicate with the Vatican

Question 14

What happened to Polish serfs after the Polish Revolt?

Answer 14

They were emancipated

Question 15

Impacts of WW1 on Russo-Polish relations:
What was Russia forced to give up jurisdiction over after WW1?

Answer 15

Warsaw and Vilna (the centres of the Vistula region)

Question 16

What granted Poland independence from Russia after WW1?

Answer 16

The signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918

Question 17

Impacts of the Russo-Polish War on relations:
What happened in 1920?

Answer 17

The Red Army suffered a major defeat when attempting to recapture Polish territory

Question 18

What did Lenin believe would happen when the Red Army entered Poland in 1920?

Answer 18

That the Poles would welcome the Red Army and would be freed from their tyranny

Question 19

When was Polish independence confirmed?

Answer 19

16th October 1920 - armistice between Russia and Poland signed

Question 20

Impacts of WW2 on Russo-Polish relations:
What did the signing of the non-aggression pact between Russia and Germany mean for Poland?

Answer 20

It meant that the USSR would not intervene in any attempt by Germany to invade Poland

Question 21

What did the Polish government do during WW2?

Answer 21

They fled to London

Question 22

What two things suggested that Poles would be excluded from post-war settlements?

Answer 22

• Russian offensive in 1944
• The formation of the National Liberation Committee (NLC)

Question 23

Impacts of the Wartime conferences: Yalta, Potsdam and the Polish Question:
Where did Stalin demand the Russo-Polish frontier be established at the Yalta conference in February 1945?

Answer 23

Along the Curzon line

Question 24

At the Yalta conference, what did Roosevelt and Churchill reluctantly agree to in regards to Poland?

Answer 24

That the whole of Poland would be governed by a Soviet-backed Lublin-style regime

Question 25

What was introduced in February 1947?

Answer 25

A provisional constitution

Question 26

What did the provisional constitution in 1947 set up?

Answer 26

A Council of State

Question 27

How much power did the Council of State set up in 1947 have?

Answer 27

The Council had almost total legislative and executive power

Question 28

Who dominated the Council of State?

Answer 28

The Stalinist-influenced Polish Workers’ Party

Question 29

When was a one-party state in Poland established?

Answer 29

August 1948