Movable Inn: The Rural Jewish Population of Minsk Guberniya in  1793-1914

Judith Kalik

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Open Poland 2017

Movable Inn

The Rural Jewish Population of Minsk Guberniya in 1793-1914

Judith Kalik

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110576092

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About this book

Jews are typically viewed as urban dwellers. However there was a considerable Jewish presence in villages from the very beginning of their settlement in Eastern Europe in the 12th century, up until the Holocaust. The presence of a large Jewish population in villages was, in fact, one of the most distinctive features of East European Jewry. The colourful personality of Jewish leaseholders of the production and sale of alcoholic beverages was often depicted in Polish, Russian and Jewish literature of the 19th century, but the real knowledge about the East European rural Jews beyond the stereotypical view is still at large.
The book presents the results of a systematic survey, the first of its kind, on the rural Jews in the Minsk Guberniya, from its establishment as a major administrative unit within the Russian Empire in 1793, to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The present study is based mainly on systematic sources, which produced, for the first time, a full picture of Jewish settlement in the countryside in one particular region of the Russian Empire.

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Judith Kalik, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	VII
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1 Historical Background Open Access Download PDF	11
2 The Legal Position of Rural Jews in the Russian Empire Open Access Download PDF	35
3 The Demographics and Geographic Distribution of Rural Jews Open Access Download PDF	51
Appendix 1: Tables to Chapter 3 Open Access Download PDF	62
4 Lords and Masters Open Access Download PDF	132
Appendix 2: Tables to Chapter 4 Open Access Download PDF	144
5 Occupational Structure Open Access Download PDF	164
6 Family Structure Open Access Download PDF	178
7 Communal Organization Open Access Download PDF	183
Appendix 3: Tables to Chapter 7 Open Access Download PDF	188
8 Cultural and Religious Life Open Access Download PDF	194
9 Jewish Farmers Open Access Download PDF	199
10 The Construction of Railways and the Decline of the Propination System Open Access Download PDF	206
11 Genealogical Perspectives Open Access Download PDF	212
12 Conclusions Open Access Download PDF	217
13 Appendix 4: Maps Open Access Download PDF	220
Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	230
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	231
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	246
List of Tables Open Access Download PDF	247
Index Open Access Download PDF	248

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Open Poland
Audience: Scholars and students of the Jewish history, history of Belarus, history of Russian Empire
Pages
- Main content: 246
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 23
- Tables: 36
Keywords: Belarus; culture; demography; family structure; genealogy; Jews; landlords

eBook

Published: July 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110576092

Hardcover

Published: July 19, 2018
ISBN: 9783110576016