HIST 326 Midterm: 326 - Week 7 – Midterm - Midterm Revision Notes .docx
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Week 1, lecture 3 nationalities within the russian empire. Multiple ethnic groups lived in the empire after 1881 interesting to note whom were loyal or not loyal to the monarch. L19thc = russian empire took on the features of two differing imperial systems: 1 european traditional land empire situated in the contemporary location of russia. 2 colonial empire with the features associated with colonial rule inc. exploitation of raw materials and economic gain inhabitants of these nations were not integrated in the imperial system; often in c asia w. conquest between 1830-1881. Loyal ones = these national groups did not pose a threat (cid:224) co-operated with the imperial centre in st p e. g. baltics, finns, economically and militarily important smaller national groups inc. georgians and armenians. Baltic germans whom had come to the region as colonisers, forming the modern nations of latvia, lithuania and estonia. Numerically, there were few, combined population of about 4 million.
