| Text | Social Developments: Minorities (1917 - 41){{c1::In 1917, the Bolsheviks promised national self-determination for the ethnic minorities.}}{{c2::The Finns opted for independence but others were persuaded on not doing so.}}{{c3::All the major national minorities were seperately represented in the Communist party.}}{{c4::With the abolition of Tsarist anti-semitic laws, the Jewish language of Yiddish became more widely used.}}{{c5::However, Stalin made the Soviet Union into a more centralised state and, from 1938, Russian had to be taught in all schools and became the sole language of the Red Army.}} |
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| Front | When were Alexander II's educational reforms? |
| Back | 1863-64 |
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| Front | When did Stolypin carry out his agrarian reforms? |
| Back | 1906-11 |
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