Noun
The act or process of Russifying, or the state of being Russified.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter the November Uprising, Tsar Nicholas I began an intensive program of Russification and the University of Vilnius was closed. Source: Internet
During the last decades of the century Russification measures became stronger. Source: Internet
Ethnic minorities resented the government because of its "Russification", discrimination and repression, both social and formal, such as banning them from voting and serving in the Guard or Navy and limited attendance in schools. Source: Internet
It also resulted in a temporary halt to the Russification policy started in 1899. Source: Internet
Only the 1889 judicial reform imposed Russian laws and a program of Russification enforced school education in Russian. Source: Internet
Originally, all signs and voice announcements in the metro were in Ukrainian, but their language was changed to Russian in the early 1980s, at the height of Shcherbytsky's gradual Russification. Source: Internet