Language:
Russian
Year of publication:
1996
Titel der Quelle:
Вестник Еврейского университета
Angaben zur Quelle:
12 (1996) 81-103
Keywords:
Jews History 1800-2000
;
Jews Economic conditions
Abstract:
Examines Russian attempts to receive international loans in 1894-1916. The first loan received was from the Rothschilds in 1894, but during the Russo-Japanese war in 1904-5 and afterwards, Russia was confronted with the reluctance of Jacob Schiff's group and other Jewish banks in the U.S. to lend Russia money. Schiff and his Jewish colleagues insisted on the granting of equal rights to Jews in Russia as a condition for the loans. Another issue that damaged Russian-U.S. economic relations was the disregard by Russia of her Treaty on Trade and Navigation of 1832 with the U.S. in relation to the rights of American Jews in Russia. The persecution of Jews in Russia in the early stage of World War I also persuaded the Americans not to lend money to Russia. Some measures taken by the government in 1904 and 1915 aimed at alleviating the Jewish situation were disregarded in the West. The failure of Russia to receive Western credits in the early 20th century may be attributed to her anti-Jewish legislation and antisemitism.
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