1648 ⟶ Massacres during Chmielnicki Uprising

The Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Chmielnicki leads a massacre of...
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1648
1881

⚔️ Massacres during Chmielnicki Uprising

The Ukrainian Cossack Bohdan Chmielnicki leads a massacre of Polish gentry and Jewry that leaves an estimated 65,000 Jews dead and a similar number of gentry. The total decrease in the number of Jews is estimated at 100,000.⟶
Massacres during Chmielnicki Uprising (1648)
Chmielnicki UprisingMassacresUkrainePolandPersecutionPogromsJewish HistorySeventeenth CenturyAshkenazi
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📊 Jewish Population Statistics

Jewish population of Poland reached 450,000 (4% of the 11,000,000 population of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth being Jewish), 40,000 in Bohemia, and 25,000 in Moravia. Worldwide population of Jewry is estimated at 750,000.⟶
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💥 Pogroms in Russia and Ukraine Kill Thousands

Three major waves of pogroms kill tens of thousands of Jews in Russia and Ukraine. More than two million Russian Jews emigrate in the period 1881–1920.⟶
Pogroms in Russia and Ukraine Kill Thousands (1881)
PogromsAnti-SemitismPersecutionEmigrationRussiaUkraine19th Century
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