Disruption of Multinational Empires
The Austrian Empire
Austria in 1815: Empire of many Nationalities
1. Dominant Nationality. The German-speaking Austrians, constituting one-fifth of the population of the Empire, were the dominant nationality. They held the leading positions in government, Church, education and army. The Empire's ruling family, the Hapsburgs, was also Austrian.
2. Subject Nationalities. These included Hungarians, Italians, Rumanians and Slavic-speaking peoples: Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. As these subject peoples absorbed nationalist ideals - spread from france after 1789 - they aspired to independence.
Austria combats Nationalism
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