Movable inn: the rural Jewish population of Minsk Guberniya from 1793 to 1914

Collection:
Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knygos / Books
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Movable inn: the rural Jewish population of Minsk Guberniya from 1793 to 1914
Publication Data:
Berlin : De Gruyter, 2018.
Pages:
VIII, 268 p
Contents:
Acknowledgements — Introduction — 1. Historical background: 1.1. The pre-Mongol Age: the Canaanite Jews; 1.2. Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Ashkenazi Jewish settlement; 1.3. Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: ruralization of the Jewish Population; 1.4. The age of the partitions: “reform of the Jews”; 1.5. Jewish experience in Russia during the pre-partition age (1654-1772) — 2. The legal position of rural Jews in the Russian Empire — 3. The demographics and geographic distribution of rural Jews: 3.1. District of Bobruisk; 3.2. The District of Borisov; 3.3. The District of Igumen; 3.4. The District of Minsk; 3.5. The District of Mozyr’; 3.6. The District of Pinsk; 3.7. The District of Rechitsa; 3.8. The District of Sluck; Appendix 1: Tables to chapter 3 —4. Lords and masters: 4.1. Polish-Lithuanian magnates; 4.2. The local szlachta; 4.3. Russian dignitaries; 4.4. Non-noble gentry (merchants); 4.5. Ecclesiastic institutions; 4.6. Public institutions (imperial estates, treasury lands and municipal lands); Appendix 2: Tables to chapter 4 — 5. Occupational structure — 6. Family structure — 7. Communal organization: Appendix 3: Tables to chapter 7 — 8. Cultural and religious life — 9. Jewish farmers — 10. The construction of railways and the decline of the propination system — 11. Genealogical perspectives — 12. Conclusions — 13. Appendix 4: Maps — Abbreviations — Bibliography — List of figures — List of tables — Index.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThe 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.

DOI:
10.1515/9783110576092
ISBN:
9783110576016
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