Russification

Question 1

When was the start of Russification?

Answer 1

1863 Polish revolts

Question 2

What areas were seen as easily places to annex to Russia?

Answer 2

Ukraine, Baltic provinces and Caucuses

Question 3

What was the main difference with tsarist policy with communist policy?

Answer 3

communists aimed to create feudal system whereby each national minority had a certain amount of autonomy

Question 4

Which countries were part of the 1918 RSFSR?

Answer 4

Russia, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenia

Question 5

When was the feudal Union of Soviet Socialist Republics formed?

Answer 5

1924

Question 6

How were the minorities under the Tsars controlled?

Answer 6

through reforms and military force

Question 7

How were minorities under the communists controlled?

Answer 7

promised reforms but then repression

Question 8

How did the Tsars before Nicholas II treat Finland?

Answer 8

fairly liberal stance

Question 9

When was Finland integrated into the Russian empire? What was taken away and changed?

Answer 9

Under Nicholas II

Army was disbanded and Russian became official language

Question 10

What enabled Finland to gain full independence?

Answer 10

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 11

At the beginning of WWII what did Finland refuse to do for Stalin? what was Stalin’s reaction and what did it lead to?

Answer 11

to allow Soviet-Union to set up military bases on their territory
Stalin dropped a bomb on Finish Capital
This then sparked the Winter War

Question 12

What did Finland sign after WWII?

Answer 12

Treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with Russia

Question 13

What countries made up the Baltic Provinces?

Answer 13

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Question 14

When were the Baltic Provinces annexed to the Russia

Answer 14

early years of the 2nd WW

Question 15

What decrees did Alexander II enforce to Poland?

Answer 15

forbid publication and import of books written in Ukrainian

Question 16

Why was Ukraine important to Russia?

Answer 16

it was important for grain-production

Question 17

Which treaty granted Ukrainian’s independence?

Answer 17

the same peace treaty that ended Russia’s involvement in WWI

Question 18

What two different religious groups were the Caucasus regions broke up into?

Answer 18

Christians and Muslims

Question 19

What was the Place of Settlement?

Answer 19

region in which Jews were allowed to settle

Question 20

What reforms did Alexander II make in terms of the Pale Settlement?

Answer 20

allowed members to migrate to other regions

Question 21

What was a pogrom?

Answer 21

organised massacre of Russian Jews

Question 22

What were 2 repressive measures taken against the jews in 1882?

Answer 22

confinement of jews again to pale settlement

restrictions of jews to senior positions in army and medicine

Question 23

What measures were taken against jews after the WWII?

Answer 23

ban imposed on Jewish religion and closure of Jewish institutions