Russification

Russification Russification was a plan initiated by the Tsar Alexander the Third. His belief was that Russia could only be strong if Russia was made up of Russians alone. This led him to try and kick out any ethnic minorities living in Russia at the time. One such group was comprised of the Jewish communities. The pogroms were cossack led raids meant to evict the Jews from Russia. This led to a large influx of Jewish immigrants into the United States at that time.

Link back to Units 7 & 8 Created by Joe Hampton on February 11, 2009. Edited by Jaclyn Speer on Feburary 11, 2009