Summary
The restricted area in which Jews were allowed to live within Tsarist Russia, dated in Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers between 1791 to 1914 as printed, whose mostly Jewish small towns, the Shtetls, formed its nucleus and supplied the Second Aliya settlers whose first impressions the article traces (Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, PDF p.5 / printed p.43).
Details
- Much of the Pale was previously within the territory of historical Poland (PDF p.5).
- With the wave of pogroms and harassment, quite a few Shtetls were deserted for urban life, immigration to the new world and Zionism (PDF p.5-6 / printed p.43-44).
Related pages
Shtetl Colonialism: First and Last Impressions of Indigeneity by Colonised Colonisers, Shtetl, Second Aliya