Russian Pogroms and Jewish Revolution, 1905 - Class, Ethnicity, Autocracy in the First Russian Revolution

This book, based on extensive original research, examines the widespread and violent pogroms against Jews which took place in the Russian Empire in 1905.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Glossary
Introduction
Part I: Setting the Scene
Chapter 1, Russia & the Jews before 1905
Chapter 2, 1905: Revolution and Counter-Revolution
Chapter 3, The Jewish Revolution: I
Chapter 4, The State's Role: the Police & the Army
Part II: The Pogroms
Chapter 5, Pogrom in Kiev
Chapter 6, Revolution & Pogrom in Odessa
Chapter 7, Pogroms inside the Pale
Chapter 8, Pogroms outside the Pale
Part III: Responses to Pogroms
Chapter 9, The Jewish Revolution II
Chapter 10, Civil Society and Pogroms in 1905
Chapter 11, Pogroms and Peasants
Conclusions
Appendix: Pogroms as Ritual
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Gerald D. Surh is a retired professor in the Department of History at North Carolina State University, USA

Product details

• Authors: Gerald D. Surh, Surh Gerald D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032501079
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3250107-9
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Eastern Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, Jewish Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Social groups: religious groups and communities, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Russia;Pogroms;Jewish Revolution;Class;Ethnicity