Tsar of Russia
Nicholas I
Life
1796–1855
He used prolonged conscription and cantonists as instruments of coercive integration.
What the sources say
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3 statements
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Nicholas I imposed twenty-five years of Jewish military service in 1827.
02
About fifty thousand Jewish boys were recruited as cantonists between 1827 and 1855.
03
Cantonists endured isolated barracks, violence, religious pressure, and forced baptism.