nationalism in russia and turkey
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Nationalism in Russia and Turkey. In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms: Autocrats Emancipation of Serfs Russification Pogroms “Sick Man of Europe”. Although the middle class was gaining power in Western Europe, the Tsars - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nationalism in Russia and Turkey
In this lesson, students will be able to define the following terms:
AutocratsEmancipation of Serfs
RussificationPogroms
“Sick Man of Europe”
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Although the middle class was gainingpower in Western Europe, the Tsars
(Czars) of Russia continued to rule asautocrats or absolute rulers.
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Through the use of secret police andcensorship, they repressed new ideas and
attempts at political and social reform.
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Most Russians were illiterate serfs. Serfs were bound to the land. They
lived in poverty. Serfdom still existedin Russia.
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After Russia’s defeat in the Crimean War (1854-1856) by Britain and France,Tsar Alexander II listened to reformers
and emancipated the serfs in 1861.
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However, Tsar Alexander II wasassassinated shortly afterwards.Hopes for future reforms ended.Later Tsars opposed all change
to the social order.
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The Russian government also adopteda policy of Russification.
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Under Russification, all non-Russianpeople living in the Russian empirewere forced to adopt the Russian
language, culture, and Russian Orthodoxfaith.
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Jews in Russia faced state organizedriots known as pogroms. Pogroms
were violent attacks on Jews inRussia. They were encouraged by the
Russian government.
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Nationalism also accelerated thedecline of the Ottoman Empire.
The Ottoman Empire was crumblingand referred to as the “Sick Man
of Europe” due to its weakened state.
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There were many reasons for the declineof the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman
Turks had failed to keep pace withWestern technology and science.
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Serbs, Greeks, and Romanians gainedindependence from the Ottomans in the
early 19th century. Nationalism encouraged self-determination.
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Russian Orthodox Christians waged aseries of wars against the Ottoman Turks.
The Ottomans lost important territoriesin Austria and Russia.
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Questions for Reflection:
• Why were many Russian tsars autocrats?• Who emancipated Russia’s serfs and what
happened to him?• How did Russification affect the Russian
empire?• What were pogroms?• Why was the Ottoman Empire called the
“sick man of Europe”?