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  2. History of the Jews in Russia - Wikipedia

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    5 Russian Jewish aliyah and immigration to countries outside Israel. ... Jews fled Russia between 1880 and 1920. While a large majority emigrated to the United States ...

  3. Pogroms in the Russian Empire - Wikipedia

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    Two million Jews fled the Russian Empire between 1880 and 1920, with many going to the United Kingdom and United States. [45] In response, the United Kingdom introduced the Aliens Act 1905, which introduced immigration controls for the first time, a main objective being to reduce the influx of Eastern European Jews. [46]

  4. Russian Americans - Wikipedia

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    In the mid-19th century, waves of Russian immigrants fleeing religious persecution settled in the US, including Russian Jews and Spiritual Christians. From 1880 to 1917, within the wave of European immigration to the US that occurred during that period, a large number of Russians immigrated primarily for economic opportunities.

  5. List of Jews born in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union

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    Led a rebellion against Russian President Vladimir Putin (Jewish father) Yevgeny Primakov, Russian politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Russia from 1998 to 1999. Karl Radek, Soviet politician [4] [8] [17] Yevgeny Roizman, deputy of the Russian State Duma, mayor of Yekaterinburg (Jewish father) Grigory Sokolnikov, Bolshevik ...

  6. Aliyah - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 100 years of Aliyah (immigration) to Mandatory Palestine and Israel, between 1919 and 2020 Part of a series on Aliyah Concepts Promised Land Gathering of Israel Diaspora Negation Jews who remained in the Land of Israel Homeland for the Jewish people Zionism Jewish question Law of Return Pre-Modern ...

  7. Historical Jewish population - Wikipedia

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    Chubinsky reports that in 1840 the Jews of southern Russia were accustomed to dwell thirteen in a house, whereas among the general population the average was only four to five (Globus, 1880, p. 340). The rapid increase was undoubtedly due to the early age of marriage and the small number of deaths of infants in the stable communities.

  8. List of Zionists - Wikipedia

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    Joseph Trumpeldor (18801920), born in the Russian Empire, involved in the organisation of the Zion Mule Corps which assisted in Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine Menachem Ussishkin (1863–1941), born in the Russian Empire (Belarus), leader of the Jewish National Fund

  9. History of the Jews in Odesa - Wikipedia

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    There were 198,233 Russians followed by 124,511 Jews (49.09% and 30.83% of the population, respectively). However only 38.5% of the Jews were born in the city. Accordingly the Jewish population of southern provinces in New Russia had increased by 333% between 1844 and 1880, and Jews comprised around 5.6% of the total population of Russia. [4]: 32