Language:
Russian
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Вестник Еврейского университета
Angaben zur Quelle:
23 (2001) 7-20
Keywords:
Tatishchev, Vasilii Nikitich
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Jews History Middle Ages, 500-1500
;
Jews Historiography
Abstract:
Critically examines information provided by Vasilii Tatishchev (1686-1750), in his "Russian History", on "Jewish dominance" in 10th-12th-century Kiev and on the pogrom there in 1113, which was followed by an expulsion of the Jews by Prince Vladimir Monomach. According to Tatishchev, in 1113, during an interregnum, the citizens of Kiev rose up against a pretender to the throne who favored the Jews, like the previous ruler Prince Svyatopolk. The uprising was accompanied by a pogrom. Vladimir Monomach, who succeeded to the throne, expelled the Jews from Russia "forever." This information cannot be found in the chronicles, and has been attributed to unknown sources used by Tatishchev or to his own inference. Nevertheless, some modern historians accept Tatishchev's version uncritically. Argues that Tatishchev based his account on earlier sources describing pre-1648 events in Ukraine. For Tatishchev, the attitudes toward Jews in these sources provided a model of how Jews should be treated.
Note:
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