Title: Migration and stereotype: The case of Russian Jews in the Polish Kingdom at the end of the nineteenth century
Abstract: The end of the 1863 Polish uprising marks the beginning of a specific migration movement of Russian Jews into the territories of the Polish Kingdom. This movement, which involved a very large number of Russian-speaking, non-Hassidic Jews (estimations reach 250,000 people), ended very shortly before World War I. This article analyzes the various causes of this migratory movement which one can subdivide into three stages: during the first stage (1863-1881), immigration for the most part involved pioneers in distribution of Polish industrial goods who settled essentially in Warsaw and Lodz. The definite deterioration of the political situation after 1881 added a new, political motivation to the economic ones. The third stage started in the early 1890s when Jews were expelled from Moscow and other Russian large cities. Their departure brought an economic elite to Poland. The author also analyzes how stereotypes related to this influx came about in the various Jewish and non-Jewish social milieus of the Kingdom, and how they became firmly established.
Publication Year: 2000
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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