| As a rule, Russia's attempts to Russify the country were extremely cruel, as they consisted in exiling tens and hundreds of thousands of people. |
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| In the years 1795-1918 we were partitioned between Russia, Prussia and Austro-Hungary, and the occupants tried to Russify or Germanize us. |
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| He was subsequently appointed viceroy of Poland and from 1832 to 1856 ruled dictatorially there, trying to Russify the country both culturally and administratively. |
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| By the 19th century Polish was well established both as a literary vehicle and as the dominant language of common speech in Poland, despite attempts of the partitioning powers to Germanize or Russify the population. |
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| Nicholas approved of this, for the Poles had been guilty of rebellion, but when the attempt was made to Russify the Germans of the Baltic provinces, he objected. |
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| Russia approached the matter differently, by immediately deciding to Russify every country it conquered, and to deprive the country of its identity and the inhabitants of their religion and language. |
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| There was a sharp rise in such practices when the Communists came to power following the October Revolution, as it was then that Russia decided to intensify efforts to Russify all of the countries under its rule. |
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| The Soviets who followed the czars' policies to Russify Belarus opposed the use of both the Latin alphabet and Taraskievic's linguistic system. |
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| Many informants say that they Russify the pronunciation of Finnish names, which occasionally leads to misunderstandings. |
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| The determination of the Russian authorities was to denationalise and Russify the Estonians within the shortest possible period. |
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| In Soviet times millions of Russians, Ukrainians and Belarussians were encouraged to settle in Latvia and Estonia, to Russify the countries and as labour for new industry. |
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