Russify
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Russify
1860–65; Russ(ian) ( def. ) + -ify; compare French russifier
Example Sentences
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“The Russians did not try to Russify the natives,” said the Rev. Deacon Thomas Rivas, the episcopal secretary to the Alaska Orthodox bishop.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023
Some entrepreneurs in Russia are trying to "Russify" Western brands, said Josh Gerben, founding partner of law firm Gerben Perrott PLLC.
From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2022
Attempts by the Czars to Russify the non-Russian populations always met with resistance.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emperor Nicholas II's solution was to Russify the name, making it Petrograd.
From Time Magazine Archive
The schools were closed, the use of the Armenian language was discouraged, and attempts were made to Russify the Armenians and bring them within the pale of the Russian Church.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various
“Over the last two years, we’ve been more proactive in showing the authorities how Russified we are and how much we really do contribute to the economy,” Mr. Carena told the magazine.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2022
His early changes of post gave him a habit of restlessness from which he has never relaxed: from Peking to bleak Mukden, Russified Harbin, hilly Hankow, busy Shanghai, river-girt Chungking, remote Changsha.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Odessa Lilienblum joined the ranks of the Russified college youth, and became imbued with the radical ideas of Chernyshevski and Pisaryev, gaining the reputation of a "nihilist."
From History of the Jews in Russia and Poland. Volume II From the death of Alexander I. until the death of Alexander III. (1825-1894) by Friedlaender, I.
The family became thoroughly Russified when they joined the Russian Church.
From A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections by Hapgood, Isabel Florence
In almost all the large cities, particularly in Odessa, St. Petersburg, and Moscow, the Jews were fast becoming Russified.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
They contributed more than any other nationality to Russifying Odessa, which, owing to its great foreign population, was known as the un-Russian city of Russia.
From The Haskalah Movement in Russia by Raisin, Jacob S.
The policy of Russifying these subject-nationalities, which was inaugurated by Alexander III. and maintained by his successor, has failed in its object.
From Russia by Wallace, Donald Mackenzie, Sir
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