results of russification Flashcards
process of russification was not accepted without?
resistance
in June 1888, the department of police estimated how many cases of mass disturbances?
estimated 332 cases of mass disturbances in 61 of Russia’s 92 provinces and districts
how many disturbances in 9 of the 12 central provinces
43
as well as popular disturbances, what did russification cause ?
particular resentment amongst the more educated and wealthy finns, poles and baltic Germans in the west of the empire
national groups constantly petitioned the Tsars for?
more liberties, and the secret publication of local language books continued
some ethnic schools
also survived, particularly in Poland
what did supporters of Russification genuinely believe
-genuinely believed they were acting for the greater good of Russia
supporters of russification believed it was necessary to ‘unite’ the country in order to
-improve its administration
-to allow for modernisation
-to reassert Russian strength
–> time of strong nationalistic feeling throughout Europe
however, it is more generally believed that Russification was
misguided policy that had the opposite effect from that intended
historian peter waldron’s view on russification
‘failed to achieve its ends’ and ‘intensified national feeling among the non-russians of the empire’
russification drove some of the wealthier citizens
to emigrate and persuade others,who might otherwise have proved loyal, to join political opposition groups
what group suffered the most from this intense nationalism
the jews
jews
-possessed both a distinctive ethnic background + religion
-around 5 million jews within the Russian empire
since 1736, most jews had been confined to what area?
an area of Western russia known as the pale of settlement
pale of settlement
-region in the south and west part of the European russia created in 1971 inc much of present-day Lithuania,bealrus,Poland , Ukraine
-comprised around 20% of european russia
