The jewish pogroms of 1881-84

Question 1

the jewish concentration in areas of the pale did what?

Answer 1

made them ready targets for the anti0jewish pogroms that broke out in April 1881 in Yelizavetgrad in the Ukraine

Question 2

what was used as an excuse to stir up trouble

Answer 2

encouragement by the Okhrana using the link to Tsar Alexander II’s assassination as an excuse to stir up trouble

Question 3

governing authorities reaction to violence?

Answer 3

did little to curb the violence
-they were slow to act

Question 4

what organisation, supported by pobedonostev, helped to coordinate early attacks ?

Answer 4

the ‘holy league’. organisation, although this was banned in 1882

Question 5

how many major cities were effected?

Answer 5

around 16 major cities

Question 6

what did jews face?

Answer 6

-jewish property burnt
-shops + businesses destroyed
- many incidents of rape + murder

Question 7

the main outbreaks continued into

Answer 7

1884

Question 8

what laws added to the discrimination against the jews which made life harder for them, even within the pale of settlement?

Answer 8

The May Laws of 1882

Question 9

the may laws of 1882

Answer 9

-Jews forbidden to settle hereafter outside cities + towns fewer than 10,000 people
-all contracts for the mortgaging or renting of property situated outside cities and towns to a jewm shall be of no effect
-jews forbidden to do business on Sunday and Christian holidays

Question 10

these laws effectively condemned the jews to living in

Answer 10

ghettoes in cities and towns

Question 11

a separate decree of 1882 also decreased the number of jewish?

Answer 11

doctors permitted in the Russian army because doctors possess the rights of army officers- privilege otherwise unattainable for jews

Question 12

these laws= supposedly temporary but in practice?

Answer 12

constantly revised + tightened