Revolution and Reaction: Jews of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (1772-1939)

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This cultural, social, religious, economic and political history of the Jews of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Who were they and where did they come from? What was their place in society and what policies were invoked in the Russian Empire to deal with the "Jewish problem?" How did their lives change after the Bolshevik revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union?