Russian pogroms of 1881–1882

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The Russian pogroms of 1881–1882 were a wave of violent anti-Jewish riots across the Russian Empire that devastated Jewish communities and spurred mass emigration and early Zionist activism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Jewish pogroms ⓘ
persecution of Jews ⓘ
violent riot wave ⓘ
chronologicallyAfter assassination of Alexander II of Russia on 13 March 1881 ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
describedBySource Jewish historical scholarship ⓘ
Russian imperial archives ⓘ
endTime 1882 ⓘ
followedBy May Laws of 1882 ⓘ
hasCause assassination of Alexander II of Russia ⓘ
economic tensions ⓘ
religious antisemitism ⓘ
social unrest in the Russian Empire ⓘ
hasEffect heightened Jewish diaspora consciousness ⓘ
international condemnation of Russian antisemitism ⓘ
tightening of anti-Jewish legislation in the Russian Empire ⓘ
inspired Hovevei Zion movement ⓘ
linked to: Hovevei Zion

early political Zionism ⓘ
locatedIn Pale of Settlement ⓘ
mainVictim Jewish communities in the Russian Empire ⓘ
numberOfAffectedSettlements hundreds of towns and shtetls ⓘ
numberOfDeaths hundreds of Jews ⓘ
numberOfInjured thousands of Jews ⓘ
partOf history of antisemitism in Europe ⓘ
history of the Jews in the Russian Empire ⓘ
perpetrator local Christian populations ⓘ
peasants ⓘ
urban mobs ⓘ
result attacks on synagogues ⓘ
destruction of Jewish property ⓘ
emigration of Jews to Palestine ⓘ
emigration of Jews to Western Europe ⓘ
emigration of Jews to the United States ⓘ
growth of Jewish self-defense movements ⓘ
increased Jewish political radicalization ⓘ
looting of Jewish shops ⓘ
mass Jewish emigration from the Russian Empire ⓘ
physical assaults on Jews ⓘ
strengthening of early Zionist activism ⓘ
significantPlace Belarusian territories of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Bessarabia Governorate ⓘ
linked to: Bessarabia

Kherson Governorate ⓘ
Kiev ⓘ
linked to: Kyiv

Lithuanian territories of the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Lithuania Propria

Odessa ⓘ
linked to: Odesa

Podolia Governorate ⓘ
Ukrainian territories of the Russian Empire ⓘ
Volhynia Governorate ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
Yelizavetgrad ⓘ
linked to: Elizavetgrad
startTime 1881 ⓘ

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Hovevei Zion → influencedBy → Russian pogroms of 1881–1882 ⓘ
Jewish auto-emancipation → associatedWithEvent → 1881–1882 anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Russian pogroms of 1881–1882