Tag: Census

  • A New Map of Jewish Communities in the Russian Empire

    A New Map of Jewish Communities in the Russian Empire

    This map shows the precise place of residence of over 4.3 million Jews at the time of the Russian census of 1897. The census enumerated over 5 million Jews living in the Pale of Settlement, the 25 western provinces of the Russian Empire in which Jews were generally free to reside. Together with the Jewish…