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Moscow's efforts to homogenize and Russify its new European empire have completely failed.

High party figures in various regions, particularly the Ukraine, were removed for trying to Russify non-Russian minorities.

When Russia declared war on the German Empire in 1914, his father - a fervent Russian monarchist - decided to russify the family name.

The communist regime sought to Russify whatever it could and followed a longstanding Russian policy of opposing the Uniate Church.

Mr. Gamsakhurdia complained to the American aide that the Soviet authorities were trying to Russify the Georgian Republic.

Some activists claim that the Mari Traditional Religion believers are subject to pressure by Russian authorities as part of a wider campaign to russify Mari culture.

At the same time, St. Petersburg attempted to russify the former Congress Poland, joining Berlin in levying restrictions against use of the Polish language and cultural expression.

Karjalan veljeskunta (Karelian Brotherhood) was an organization founded in 1907 as a Russian Orthodox society, whose goal was to russify Karelias orthodox population.

Russians subjugated the region in the 19th century, and Stalin ensured lasting hatred by forcibly marching virtually the entire population of Chechnya to Kazakhstan in a failed attempt to forever Russify the area.

In 1895 she studied at a Russian gymnasium, which was one of the many schools instituted by Tsar Alexander III to russify the Caucasus and expand the borders of Imperial Russia.

In a society undergoing great upheaval as the government tries to Russify the country (which has bobbled back and forth between Russia and Romania for centuries), club managers are trying to pull the youth in another direction.

This was a result of the migration policies essential to the Soviet Nationalisation Programme aiming to russify Estonia - administrative and military immigration of non-Estonians from the USSR coupled with the deportation of Estonians to the USSR.