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The Pale of Settlement

Dr. Henry Abramson
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Date: August 5, 1772 (6 Av, 5532)

Officially banned in 1479, no Jews lived in the Russian Empire until Tsarina Catherine II conquered a major portion of Polish territory, instantly inheriting the largest single concentration of Jews in the world. Under her rule the Pale of Settlement was established, determining the region where Jews were allowed to reside, however tenuously, until the 20th century.

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Scholars: Dr. Henry Abramson
Video title: The Pale of Settlement
Category: Informative, Modern, Short Thought
Series: This Week in Jewish History
Views: 1520
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