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A History of the Jewish Labor Movement in Russia
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During the nineteenth century the lives of Jews in Russia underwent enormous changes. In pre-reform times most Jews lived in villages and small towns. Most were engaged in trade and…

Contributor:

Naum Abramovich Bukhbinder

Places:

Leningrad, USSR (Saint Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1931

Subjects:

Economic life, Capitalism, Labor, Demographics, Rebellion

Categories:

History, Historical Writing
A Dictionary of Political Terms
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Demagogue:A leader and rabble rouser for the masses, who rouses the simple benighted people, provoking their most base desires, their feelings of jealousy and hate, and has therefore a great sway over…

Contributor:

Unknown

Places:

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire (St Petersburg, Russia)

Date:

1907

Subjects:

Language and linguistics, Jewish languages, Jewish identity, Rebellion, Dictionaries

Categories:

Literature, Language & Linguistics
Page of printed Yiddish text, with alphabet chart on left side.
The Organization of the Jewish Proletariat in Russia
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Anyone arriving from Western Europe by steamship to Mohilev for the first time will be struck on the dock by nothing as much as by the enormous throng of…

Contributor:

Sara Rabinowitsch

Places:

Russian Empire (Russia, Russia)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Class, Rebellion, Human rights, Jewish identity, Poverty

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Reportage