Theme 3-Political Authority Flashcards

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What are pogroms?

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A violent riot with aim of massacring or expelling an ethnic group.

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2
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What proportion of Russias Population did Slavs comprise?

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2/3rds

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3
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What was the Ukrianian secret society dedicated to promoting a national consciousness?

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The Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

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4
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When did the Polish rebellion happen and how mnay Poles were involved?

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1863 and 200,000 Poles.

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5
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In which years were decrees enacted that allowed the Baltic peoples to revert to Lutheranism, whereas before Orthodoxy was demanded?

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1864 and 1875

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6
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When and what was the Ems Ukase?

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In 1876, the Ems Ukase was passed prohibiting the use of the Ukrainian Language in publications or performances in order to suppress independence and national consciousness

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7
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When was the Pale of Settlement established?

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1791

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What was Pobedonostsevs inflammatory, anti-semitic slogan?

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Beat the Yids-Save Russia as well as later suggesting that 1/3 of Jews should emigrate, a 1/3rd assimilate, and a 1/3rd die

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9
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When and where did the Jewish pogroms begin?

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April 1881 in Yelizavetgrad partly due to the belief that Jews had orchestrated the death of Alexander II

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10
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When was Pyotr Shuvalov appointed and what did he do

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1866 and he strenghtened the police and increased the Third Sections (secret police) role with him at the head

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11
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What changed did Loris-Melikov make to Russia when appointed Minister for Internal Affairs

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Released political prisoners, relaxed censorship, removed the salt tax and lifted zemstva restrictions

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12
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What proportion were Russian, Ukrainian and Belorussian slavs of the Empires ethnic makeup

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2/3rds

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13
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When was the Third Section abolished and why

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1880-Loris Melikov deemed it too unorganized, too large of a backlog of cases and too inefficient and so dissolved it to be replaced by the Okhrana

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14
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When was the Finnish diet suspended

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1892

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15
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When was the polish national bank closed

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1885

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16
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Where was russification suprisingly also pursued heavily

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In the loyal baltic german states, who haad been afforded great priviledge for loyalty under alex II

17
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What was the punishemnt for attempting to convert an orthodox christian to another religion

A

exile to siberia

18
Q

What proportion of russia’s provinces experienced mass unrest in 1888

A

61/92 or around 2/3rds

19
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What to some degree, may have acted as inspiration for russification

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the german empires cultural hegemony over central europe from 1870, and austria hungarys similar failure to suppress its culturally subversive elements, e.g. czech children

20
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Whaat was one of the ramifications of the persecution of jews in tsarist russia

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Opposition groups, including the bolsheviks were disproportionately comprised of jews, fur to their persecution

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