the problem posed by ethnic minorities Flashcards

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Russification meaning

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Forcing everyone within the Russian empire to think of themselves as ‘Russian’ by enforcing the Russian language and culture

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Tsarist Russia population - what type of empire with how many different ethnic groups

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  • multi national empire with over 100 different ethnic groups
    Slavs in Russia,Ukraine,Belorussian comprised 2/3 of population
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Continual imperial expansion in Asia in the second half of the 19th century helped increase the Muslim population to?

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ten million

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anti-semitic

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being prejudiced against and persecuting jews

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pogrom

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an old Russian word which means ‘round up’ or lynching, originally denouted an assault by one ethnic group on another but after 1881 it gained the special connotation of an attack on jews

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what posed as a continual challenge for the tsarist autocracy?

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the diverse empire

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what provoked ethnic groups(including the Russian slavs) to assert their distinctive identities?

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the development of national ideology

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national ideology meaning

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a belief in the strength of one’s own country, languages, and traditions- this became a powerful force in Europe after the defeat of Napolean(1815) who tried to extend french influence across the continent

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what had surfaced and brought rebellion in the 1830?

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polish nationalism

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what was set up in the 1840s?

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a Finnish language pressure group was set up and local language newspapers were founded in the baltic regions

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what provoked a national consciousness that sought to separate Ukrainian salvs from their Russian counterparts

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in Ukraine- the secret ‘brotherhood of saints cyril and Methodius’

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such aspirations were met by?

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Russian determination to assert their national superiority

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