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L-13 Part III Pre-reform Russia (4) 6. Nationalities. A. Themes. Age of nationalism & revolution Ethnicity and religion intertwined Territorial expansion, growing menace Regime hypersensitivity Mixed policy: targeted intervention. Russian Territorial Expansion, 1801-15.
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A. Themes • Age of nationalism & revolution • Ethnicity and religion intertwined • Territorial expansion, growing menace • Regime hypersensitivity • Mixed policy: targeted intervention
B. Congress Poland • Kingdom of Poland: creation and expectations • Constitution of 1815 • Problems • 1830-31 Rebellion • Repression
C. Ukraine • Eighteenth-century background • Religious question • Ukrainian nationalism
1911 Shevchenko Postcard: “Don’t Forget our Country, Ukraine!”
D. Jews • Eighteenth-century background • Pale of Settlement • Nikolaevan: integration
E. Baltics • Eighteenth-century background • Serf emancipation in the Baltics, 1816-19 • Conversion crisis of 1840s
F. Finland • 18th Century Background • Annexation and autonomy • Rise of Finnish nationalism
H. Caucasus • 18th Century Background • Georgia: Administrative russification • Pacification and resistance
I. Central Asia • Eighteenth-century background • Regional turmoil
J. Conclusions • Perils of expansion: new territories but also new ethnic, religious groups • Multinational: Growing complexity and danger of nationality question • Multiconfessional: role of religion • Regime: supra-cultural, but administratively invasive