The so-called "Russification" was a social policy aimed at promoting and strengthening Russian language and Russian nationality in those territories that were situated in the outermost areas of the empire.
Like his predecesor, Alexander III, Nicholas II continued this policy, targeting it specifically at the Jews, whom he discriminated, and also at the Armenians - who tried to resist it after the Russian administration had taken over the control of the Armenian Apostolic Fund. He also tried to implement this policy in Finland, but his goal of placing imperial decrees over Finnish laws was resisted.