Pogroms

When and where was the first pogrom?

1881- Yelizavetgrad in Ukraine.

When were the May Laws introduced?

1882.

When did attacks spread in the Ukraine? Where did it reach?

1882. Poland.

When did pogroms continue until?

1884.

How many Jews were expelled during Passover? When was this?

20,000. 1892.

What were Jews deprived of selling?

Alcohol as they could not hold licences.

What were these?

Attacks on Jewish communities.

What happened to Jewish doctors in the army in 1882?

Decreased as this gave them officer status.

What happened to Jews onwards for 1890?

Deported or expelled from Moscow.

Where were Jews forced to live?

Ghettos in large towns and cities.

What did the May Laws do?

Made life harder for Jews in the Pale of Settlement.

What did government actions lead to?

Many Jewish people to join revolutionary movements.

Who probably encouraged the pogroms?

Okhrana.

What happened in schools in 1887? Where did this figure apply to? Where was the percentage less?

Only 10% of children in primary and secondary schools could be Jewish (same applied to Uni). The Pale only. Moscow and St Petersburg.

What were Jews forbidden from?

Voting in zemstva and duma elections in 1892.

Where did many Jews spread to? Why?

Western Europe to escape destruction of their properties, rape and murder.