Empire and nationalities

Question 1

in which period did minority groups in russia try to break away

Answer 1

1917/1918

Question 2

what caused the 1863 polish revolt

Answer 2

protest against a failiure to reform poland as had been promised in Alexander II’s great reforms

Question 3

what event was the start of russification

Answer 3

1863 polish revolt - led to milyutin plan

Question 4

What was the milyutin plan

Answer 4

• russian nobility replaced polish nobility
• street names and towns were given russian names
• big central schools closed and replaced with russian speaking schools
• textbooks removed and replaced with a tsarist version of polish history
• official language changed to russian
• restrictions on church
• administarion became russian

Question 4

what was russia’s state religion vs polands

Answer 4

russia - orthodox
poland- catholic

Question 4

why were the tsars interested in the baltic states

Answer 4

their natural resources

Question 5

finland was not “russified” until..

Answer 5

the turn of the 20th century / 1900s.

Question 6

Why was asia not able to be “russified”

Answer 6

-it was geographically challenging terrain
- it was culturally too diverse

Question 7

instead of russification how did Alexander III try to control the caucasus

Answer 7

heavy russian migration as migrants were allocated land in central asia. theory was that after several generations there would be more native russians

Question 8

how did Nicholas II use migration as a form of protection

Answer 8

central asia as a buffer zone against attacks from china and india

Question 9

How did Stolypin try to deal with the lack of land for peasants from 1909-1910

Answer 9

encouraging migration to central asia.

However, since he didn’t use russification, anger + resentment could grow among national minorities

Question 10

what was the theory behind the steppe statute of 1891

Answer 10

after several generations there would be more native russians than minority groups

Question 11

what war was the provisional government transfixed on

Answer 11

WW1

Question 12

When was the treaty of Brest Litovsk

Answer 12

1918

Question 13

What did the treaty of Brest Litovsk do

Answer 13

russia leaves ww1- giving away swathes of the empire to germany as part of the treaty.

1/3 of the population of the empire is given away

Question 14

Lenin was happy to break up the empire as his main priority was

Answer 14

retaining bolshevik control

Question 15

in what way was the 1918 brest litovsk treaty a turning point for ethnic and minority groups

Answer 15

poland, finland and ukraine all gained independence after it was signed

Question 17

During what period was Poland the most violent and what was this in reaction to

Answer 17

1905-1906

In reaction to bloody Sunday