1887 ⟶ Russia introduces educational quotas for Jews

Russia introduces measures to limit Jews access to education...
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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
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusLithuaniaLithuaniaLatviaLatviaMoldovaMoldovaPolandPoland

📜 Canada Amends Oath Allowing Jews

The law in Canada requiring the oath "on my faith as a Christian" was amended in 1829 to provide for Jews to not take the oath.⟶
CanadaOathReligious FreedomJewish RightsLegal ReformDiscriminationTolerance19th Century
CanadaCanada

📜 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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📜 Russia introduces educational quotas for Jews

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

🚪 Expulsion of Jews from Moscow

Expulsion of 20,000 Jews from Moscow, Russia. The Congress of the United States eases immigration restrictions for Jews from the Russian Empire. (Webster-Campster report)⟶
Expulsion of Jews from Moscow (1891)
ExpulsionPogromsRussian EmpireImmigrationUnited StatesWebster-Campster reportDiscriminationEmigration
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