1897 ⟶ Russian Empire Census Reveals Jewish Population

First Russian Empire Census: 5,200,000 of Jews, 4,900,000 in...
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🚧 Creation of the Pale of Settlement

Russia creates the Pale of Settlement that includes land acquired from Poland with a huge Jewish population and in the same year Crimea. The Jewish population of the Pale was 750,000. 450,000 Jews lived in the Prussian and Austrian parts of Poland.⟶
Creation of the Pale of Settlement (1791)
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📊 World Jewish Population Statistics

World Jewish population around 7.7 million, 90% in Europe, mostly Eastern Europe; around 3.5 million in the former Polish provinces.⟶
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💔 Pogroms in Russian Empire Force Emigration

Pogroms in the Russian Empire kill several Jews and injure large numbers, destroy thousands of Jewish homes, and motivate hundreds of thousands of Jews to flee.⟶
Pogroms in Russian Empire Force Emigration (1881)
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📊 Russian Empire Census Reveals Jewish Population

First Russian Empire Census: 5,200,000 of Jews, 4,900,000 in the Pale. The lands of former Poland have 1,300,000 Jews or 14% of population.⟶
Russian Empire Census Reveals Jewish Population (1897)
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💥 Pogroms in the Russian Empire

More pogroms in Russian Empire. Unlike the 1881 pogroms, which focused primarily on property damage, these pogroms resulted in the deaths of at least 2,000 Jews and an even higher number of non-Jews.⟶
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📊 Jewish Demographics in Poland

2,989,000 Jews according to religion poll in Poland (10.5% of total). Jewish youth consisted 23% of students of high schools and 26% of students of universities.⟶
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