1827 ⟶ Compulsory Military Service for Jews in Russia (Cantonists)

Compulsory military service for the Jews of Russia: Jewish b...
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📜 Catherine II Confines Jews to the Pale of Settlement

Catherine II of Russia confines Jews to the Pale of Settlement and imposes them with double taxes.⟶
Catherine II Confines Jews to the Pale of Settlement (1791)
Pale of SettlementCatherine IIRussian EmpireSegregationDiscriminationPersecutionEastern EuropeTaxation
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusLithuaniaLithuaniaLatviaLatviaMoldovaMoldovaPolandPoland

👮 Compulsory Military Service for Jews in Russia (Cantonists)

Compulsory military service for the Jews of Russia: Jewish boys under 18 years of age, known as the Cantonists, were placed in preparatory military training establishments for 25 years. In practice, Jewish children were often forcibly conscripted as young as eight or nine years old. Cantonists were encouraged and sometimes forced to baptize.⟶
Compulsory Military Service for Jews in Russia (Cantonists) (1827)
CantonistsRussian EmpireMilitary ServiceForced ConversionPersecutionDiscriminationEastern EuropeChildrenNicholas I
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🕍 Forced Conversion of Shiraz Jews

The Jews of Shiraz are forced to convert to Islam.⟶
Forced Conversion of Shiraz Jews (1830)
PersecutionForced ConversionReligious PersecutionIranJewish Community19th Century
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📜 Oppressive Constitution for Jews in Russia

Oppressive constitution for the Jews issued by Czar Nicholas I of Russia.⟶
Oppressive Constitution for Jews in Russia (1835)
LegislationPersecutionDiscriminationRussia19th CenturyCzar Nicholas IJewish Community
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🔥 Forced Conversion and Massacre of Mashhad Jews

Forty-plus Persian Jews are killed and the entire Jewish community of Mashhad is forced to convert to Islam in the Allahdad. Many of them practised Judaism in secret, which led to the Mashhadi Jews, whom today number in the thousands.⟶
Forced Conversion and Massacre of Mashhad Jews (1839)
PersecutionForced ConversionMassacreMashhadIran19th CenturyJewish Community
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📜 Russia introduces educational quotas for Jews

Russia introduces measures to limit Jews access to education, known as the quota.⟶
Anti-Jewish lawsEducationQuotaRussian EmpireDiscriminationJewish rightsAssimilation
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