Pogroms in Imperial Russia
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Religion, Ethics, Military History
- Subcategories: Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Violence, Discrimination, Prejudice, Massacres, Genocide, Torture
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, Moldova
- Date: 1903-1906
Article abstract: Pogroms in imperial Russia mark the outbreak of mob violence against Jewish communities as part of a rising wave of popular unrest in Russia that culminates in the Revolution of 1905.
Summary of Event
The early years of the twentieth century were a time of mounting popular unrest in Russia. Rapid but uneven economic change was producing serious social tensions. The peasants, who still made up about 70 percent of Russia’s population, had to cope with a series of disappointing harvests in the central agricultural region as well as high...
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