Orthodoxy: - school of thought - The first version of historical account - Traditional, old way - In Tsarist Russia: Based on old ways of studying Christianity, (separation from state with Alex II liberal reforms,) belief that the Tsar is the representative of God on earth and that the people of Russia need to listen to the Tsar, belief of Tsar as a patriarch/family figure
Pale of Settlement: - The area Catherine the Great allocated the Jews to live in- Alex III enforced this because he was ANTISMTIC - Wanted to remove other nationalities/ ethnic minorities from Russia - Pushed Jews out of Russian-speaking territory of the Russian empire, also known as “Greater Russia” – modern day Belarus, Lithuania - This was due to a rise of NATIONALISM
Pogroms: - Mob attack on ethnic and religious minority- mainly against Jews - After assassination, it became clear attacks on Jews was acceptable- encouraged
Okhrana: - special section that dealt with internal security: local secret police in Russian Empire - First developed in 1866 in response to attempted assassination of Alexander II, forms in urban cities as industrial workers began to form trade unions - Formed to fight political activism and left-wing revolutions - Agents joined movements promoting social reforms - Monitored activities of revolutionaries abroad in major European cities like Paris and London - Resulted in police-run trade unions - Estimated 26,000 people were killed by Okhrana without trial in October revolution
The role of Jews in the Assassination of Alex II: - Blamed for assassination because one of the assassins was Jewish- convenient scapegoat because it took blame away from Russians- VERSIONS OF TRUTH- what people believe is more important than what is true
- school of thought
- The first version of historical account
- Traditional, old way
- In Tsarist Russia: Based on old ways of studying Christianity, (separation from state with Alex II liberal reforms,) belief that the Tsar is the representative of God on earth and that the people of Russia need to listen to the Tsar, belief of Tsar as a patriarch/family figure
Pale of Settlement:
- The area Catherine the Great allocated the Jews to live in- Alex III enforced this because he was ANTISMTIC
- Wanted to remove other nationalities/ ethnic minorities from Russia
- Pushed Jews out of Russian-speaking territory of the Russian empire, also known as “Greater Russia” – modern day Belarus, Lithuania
- This was due to a rise of NATIONALISM
Pogroms:
- Mob attack on ethnic and religious minority- mainly against Jews
- After assassination, it became clear attacks on Jews was acceptable- encouraged
Okhrana:
- special section that dealt with internal security: local secret police in Russian Empire
- First developed in 1866 in response to attempted assassination of Alexander II, forms in urban cities as industrial workers began to form trade unions
- Formed to fight political activism and left-wing revolutions
- Agents joined movements promoting social reforms
- Monitored activities of revolutionaries abroad in major European cities like Paris and London
- Resulted in police-run trade unions
- Estimated 26,000 people were killed by Okhrana without trial in October revolution
The role of Jews in the Assassination of Alex II:
- Blamed for assassination because one of the assassins was Jewish- convenient scapegoat because it took blame away from Russians- VERSIONS OF TRUTH- what people believe is more important than what is true