Russo-Polish Relations

Question 1

When was there a rise in Polish Nationalism under Alex II?

Answer 1

after the Emancipation of the serfs

Question 2

Who was Wielopolski?

Answer 2

appointed PM of Poland in 1862

Question 3

What did Wielopolski want for Poland?

Answer 3

reforms and a framing policy that gave Poland a national identity

Question 4

Why did the Poles not like Wielopolski?

Answer 4

He wanted reforms yet he wanted to remain friendly with the Russians and remain under Tsarist rules

Question 5

When poles tried to have Wielopolski killed, how did he retaliate?

Answer 5

introduced force conscription of young male Poles into Russian army

Question 6

What was the reaction of the 1863 Polish revolts from Interior and Foreign Minister Gorchakov?

Answer 6

he wanted Poland to continue rule by Polish Autocracy under Tsar

Question 7

What was the reaction of ‘63 Polish revolts from War Minister Milyutin?

Answer 7

wanted Polish gentry to be purged and that Russian officials should rule Poland

Question 8

What plan did Milyutin put into place when he took charge of Poland?

Answer 8

polish nobility were exiled to Serbia
Polish peasants were emancipated
Rural districts were set up

Question 9

What three effects did the Milyutin plan have on Poland?

Answer 9

Russian became official language
Catholic church was not allowed to communicate with Vatican
less autonomy

Question 10

When was the Polish Socialist Party set up?

Answer 10

1892

Question 11

When was the Social Democratic Party set up?

Answer 11

1893

Question 12

When was Poland free of Russian rule?

Answer 12

WWI

Question 13

When was official independence granted for Poland?

Answer 13

signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Question 14

What did Lenin believe invading Poland would do?

Answer 14

able to free workers from their tyranny

Question 15

When was an armistice signed between Russia and Poland?

Answer 15

1920

Question 16

What was in the 1920 Armistice?

Answer 16

Polish independence, Western Ukraine and Belarus come under Polish rule

Question 17

How did the Neutrality act between Germany and Russia affect Russo-Polish relations?

Answer 17

It meant that Germany could invade Poland

Question 18

When did Russia admit from the League of Nations?

Answer 18

September 1934

Question 19

Why did the Anti-comintern Alliance not bode well with Poland?

Answer 19

it inferred that Germany was considering a direct challenge to Russian authority through invasion

Question 20

Why was Poland a target for Germany?

Answer 20

they wanted to expand their land

Question 21

When was the Nazi-Soviet pact signed? What did it mean?

Answer 21

1939 - meant that Russia would not stop Germany invading Poland

Question 22

When did Germany invade Poland?

Answer 22

1939 1 September

Question 23

What did Germany uncover when occupying Poland? Who did Germany blame for it? and what was the reaction?

Answer 23

thousands of Polish Officers bodies
The NKVD
Russia ceased all relations with the poles

Question 24

When did Russia invade German occupied Poland?

Answer 24

1944

Question 25

When was the Yalta conference held? what did Stalin demand for Poland?

Answer 25

1945

demanded new Russo-Polish frontiers and whole of Poland to be governed by Soviet regime

Question 26

What impact did the 1945 conferences have on rule of Poland?

Answer 26

way for Russia to fully implement a Soviet-style government for Poland

Question 27

When was Poland renamed the People’s republic of Poland?

Answer 27

1952

Question 28

What did Khrushchev demand of Polish intellectuals?

Answer 28

for Stalinist politicians in Poland to stand down

Question 29

Who under Khrushchev was released from prison to govern Poland?

Answer 29

Wladyslaw Gomulka