Imperial Russia
March 31, 2000
Professor Knight

The Russian Empire at Home and Abroad (1861-1890)

I.  Dilemmas of Nationality
	"Official Nationality" of Nicholas I.  Russianness comes from Emperor
	Romantic Nationalism-Nation is an entity unto itself
	Alexander II-Wary of Nationalism
	Alexander III-Embraces Russian Nationalism

II.  Rise of Imperialism
	Russian Expansion in Central Asia (1864-1872)

III.  Composition of the Empire.
	Non-Russian Speakers make up 56 percent of population
	Slavs 73.1%	
		Great Russians 44.3%
		Ukrainians 17.8%
		Poles 6.3%
		Belorussians 4.68%
	Turkic Peoples 10.82% (probably low estimate)
	Others:  Jews (3.2%) Finns (6.6%), Lithuanians (3.9) etc.
	All Russian Ethnographic Exposition, April 1867.

IV.  Pan Slavism and the Russo-Turkish War
	Slavic Benevolent Committees
	War Declared Against Ottoman Empire, March 1877.
	Treaty of St. Stepano (1878)
	Berlin Conference (1878)

V.  "Russification" under Alexander III
	Ukrainian Language Outlawed
		Valuev Circular, 1863.
		Ems Decree, 1875
	Baltic Provinces
		Movement Against German Nobility
	University of Dorpat closed, reopened as University of Yur'ev.
	"Russification" in the East
		Il'minskii system.