National Minorities

Question 1

Which country launched an armed rebellion against Russia in 1863 which was put down by granting land reform?

Answer 1

Poland

Question 2

What happened to the number of Catholic churches in Minsk between 1803 and 1904?

Answer 2

Reduced from 143 to 50

Question 3

In which areas of life did Polish remain the main language?

Answer 3

Publishing, press and the theatre

Question 4

Give three examples of subjects which “became Russian” in Poland in the 1870s

Answer 4

History, geography, literature

Question 5

By 1897, what percentage of Polish speakers over 9 could read Russian?

Answer 5

49.5%

Question 6

Which was the largest national minority in Russia in 1897: 22.4% of the empire?

Answer 6

Ukrainians

Question 7

Give two examples of literary Russification in Ukraine

Answer 7

1876: all Ukrainian non-fiction publications were banned
1892: ban on all translations from Russian to Ukrainian
1895: Ukrainian children’s literature was banned

Question 8

Who was appointed governor-general of Finland in 1898?

Answer 8

Nikolai Bobrikov

Question 9

What was the February Manifesto and when was it published?

Answer 9

It stated that Russian laws took primacy/precedence over Finnish laws. Published in 1899

Question 10

How did Finland resist Russification in 1905?

Answer 10

They elected a provisional government

Question 11

How did Russia gain further control over Finland in 1909?

Answer 11

Russia declared that 19 separate areas, including customs and education, were outside of the control of the Finnish authorities

Question 12

How did the Dashnaks oppose Russification in the Caucasus?

Answer 12

Organised self-defence military units to attack Russian officials, killing hundreds of Russian bureaucrats

Question 13

How did Nicholas II compromise on Russification in Georgia in 1905?

Answer 13

He removed the position of governor-general

Question 14

Who did the Georgian Mensheviks campaign for Georgia to ally with against Russia?

Answer 14

Germany

Question 15

Give three ways Russia “russified” the Catholic Church in Lithuania

Answer 15

Confiscated their property

Took education out of the Church’s hands

Excluded the clergy from local government

Question 16

In 1897, what percentage of Jews with Yiddish as their first language had attained a formal education beyond primary age?

Answer 16

1.3%

Question 17

Give two areas/places where Yiddish was banned in the Russian empire

Answer 17

Newspapers, theatre

Question 18

How many pogroms took place between 1903 and 1906?

Answer 18

Over 650

Question 19

What was the name of the pro-Nicholas movement that organised pogroms from October 1905?

Answer 19

The Black Hundreds

Question 20

Where in 1903 was there a set of pogroms where 47 Jews were murdered, 400 wounded and over 1,300 houses and shops destroyed?

Answer 20

Kishinev, in modern-day Moldova